📝 5 Things We Learnt From Barcelona vs Real Valladolid [7-0]

Intro what's up guys this your boy Barca boy 103 today we're going to be doing the match analysis from the match yesterday between Barcelona and Real VI the lid where Barcelona came away with a 7 nil Victory scoring seven or more goals in the league for the first time since 2018 and winning a game by more than seven goal margin for the first time since 2016 and we're also going to be discussing five key things that we've learned from this match and you can also maybe imply as well for the first four games of the season so far again all the hype right now is around hzi flick the way he's changed the team the style the model the effectiveness and we're going to discuss that in this video before we get into it make sure you guys smash that like button down below let's try get the 200 likes on this video be very much appreciated and also if you're new make sure to subscribe down below if you haven't already and let's get into it Team Analysis let's first discuss the Tactical approach that Hans had set out for this match again starting Lup wise I did of course predict it exactly in the match preview in terms of personnel but again the style was a bit different and this is going to be thing that we learned number one and that is hanzi Flick's ability to adapt to a love block the vi theid manager came out after the game he was asked did you guys approach this game very similar to what you did against Real Madrid at the beru he said yes the issue was hanzi flick knows how to beat a low block and beat a low block effectively and we saw that in this game based on the positioning of the players during the match on the left hand side you can see the pitch of this the players in the starting lineup on the right hand side is one of the substitutions that come in of course your Serio Dominguez your fmin Lopez your Eric gar fan thores but on the left hand side that's what we're going to mainly focus on and that is how hzi flick attacked vi theid from a narrow approach he only had lamin yal out wide as his only Winger on the right hand side and that's why we saw Barcelona use that right hand side a lot I talked about in the match review yesterday that Bal day wasn't getting involved too much cuz everything was going down the right hand side and that is why Bal on that whole entire flank all on his own throughout the whole entire 90 minutes you can see also the positioning of and where is he basically playing as a left Striker beside luosi of course Den Elmo playing in the 10 yeah Calo deep and then everyone else kind of in the position that you expect but that was the approach he wanted to go more narrow in the through the middle and through the left hand side and have the Minal as the only wide threat that way when Lal got the ball on the right hand side everything was shift towards him leaving the left hand side I.E Rafia open of course in possession you were L individual brilliant that kar's pass to Rafia to get goals but that was Slick's approach to approach it more from a narrow standpoint to open up Val Li that way cuz of course once you get goals the floodgates will open they'll be more relaxed they of course want to push forward try Nick something and of course that made it super super difficult for them to achieve anything in this match now in terms of the statistics going into this game we had 71% of The Possession we had an expected goals an XG of 3.48 and that is absolutely mental creating 10 big chances again we talked about this in the match review as well I'll mention it right now flick approached this game with the tactics to win this game 10-n he coached a 10-n game essentially and think you think about Dan Al H the post twice looski hitting the post once those final balls in certain areas in certain moments not fully connecting this easily could have been a 10-n game I think 70 would have been a generous score line for the amount of chances and you know uh that Barcelona did have in this game and it shows how Flick's approach of you know going narrow in the middle was super super effective 23 shots in total with 10 Corner kicks only committing six fouls as well 595 passes in this game with 11 free kicks of course taking place you can see the heat concentration map on the right hand side there and again confirms that narrow approach where you have the green area the brightest in the center of the pitch and of course out of the 10 big chances that Barcelona did create we managed to end up converting six of them that's a 60% success rate which of course is very difficult and you know very effective as well a lot of through balls for the Barcelona this match as well 51 41 touches in the penalty area as well it shows Barcelona's main dominance throughout the game again you can also see the concentration of where the match did take place for the majority of the game you can see half of it took place in the halfway mark 38% in the half of vood doid in terms of accurate passes Barcelona had 546 with 123 of those passes being completed in the final third you can also see as well the duels one where B are very successful in that the tackling as well is going to be fairly low since there was not too much defending to do in this match and of course it was just dominance from Barcelona and again it all sets out to how flick mainly approached this matchup if he approached it in a different way yes it would have been maybe a lesser score line but the result would have been the same but the way that he understood how V Del approach this game following their performance against Madrid that's also a big blueprint as well if V didn't perform against Madrid would this result would have been the same I would disagree I think him having something to go off of for this game you know the lower teams in La Liga you know the 10th and Below they're very consistent and how they do approach certain matches so with that blueprint being there of course it was important factor in this result so overall first thing we learn this game is how flick can adapt to certain models is how flick can adapt to certain teams in La Liga to benefit Barcelona more so than playing his own style he likes to look at the opponent firstly and see how he can easily beat them and find their penetration points and then Implement that into the team style now the second Pau Cubarsi Performance thing that we learned in this match is pal kubar se's ability to read matches of course we've seen some of this last season but this match ENC capat how good kako barcity is not only on the ball but most importantly reading different situations if you look at his stats for this game as well only played one hour keep that in mind so half an hour no games played as well had one assist two clearances one to one total tackle one all his aerial and ground duels with them one being each only lost possession about five times 79% touch is 94% pass accuracy one key pass he attended two long balls he attended three long balls competed two and of course created one big chance that ended up leading to the goal you can also see there from his heat map as well mainly playing as a right center back but look how far up he is on the heat as well basically playing on the halfway line for the majority of the hour that he was present for in the game look we know the ability of Palco BARC of course we were introduced to this last season when chave gave him the chance after the cop the r game uh in January I believe it was but in this game we saw him being able to read situations very very well for example when balls are coming in over the top the second balls we saw him winning a lot more of this in this game and we saw Paco bar struggle with this of course in the first two games against Valencia and Bill BAL of course I was very critical of his performances I guess Viano he really came into it kind saw that we saw a bit of the pacco barcity from last season but this game encapsulates his ability on the ball how good he is and also you could even say the competition that we do have at Center back cuz once aruo and Christan come back there's going to be some serious serious question marks on who will be the starting two center backs again we know that Pak bar can do this on a consistent basis but the guy is only 17 years old 17 years old performing at this at a high level means the det TR is only going to be going higher higher and higher not only is his abity on the ball being you know Ted out by aness Val ver two weeks ago he's saying look our game plan would have worked if Barcelona didn't have p b defense that's how critical and how crucial he was to that game but also you can see in build up as well if you look and watch back the game which I have done just so you know highlight this point you can see p Bari his ability to read the game and see the passes quickly creates multiple chances as well he's probably the first pass that starts an attacking run for example those little flicks that I don't know if you guys remember between pedri and dennyo went wide to linal the shot came in I believe it was blocked and Denny halmo hit the post that all came in from palal barcia's cut through Line pass to pedri being able to read those balls from you know on the pitch is difficult of course for me in the game maybe for you as well you can kind of see like okay if you can find that space that's good but him seeing it on the pitch from his point of view as a player and there's you know nine or 10 V lead white shirts in front of him it makes it so much difficult but it also highlights his ability as well so as P bar gets more experience and his progressing at Barcelona his ability to of course control the game and read the game from a center back is increasingly increasingly magisterial now the third Lamine Yamal Performance thing that we learned from this match is the growth Alin M and how scary it is not for us but for Europe because his growth over the past year and a half since making his debut for Barcelona is absolutely stunning just like his performance was in this match getting of course an 8.5 Sila score rating you can see from his heat map of course playing mainly as the right winger he plays of course a full 9 well he didn't play the full n minutes I think he came off at the end for someone if I'm not mistaken maybe he did play the whole 9 minutes but he got two assists he had an XA of 5.1 he had attempted nine dribbles in this match only completed two 62 touches 83% passive accuracy he had three key passes he attemped two long balls completed both created two big chances attended 17 ground Duss winning nine lost position about 16 time but again for attacking player you do kind of expect that where linal right now struggles a little bit in my opinion is that final decisiveness in the final third when he's taking on certain Defenders now the Defenders are doing what they're starting to double team him and that makes him a bit more effective last season he was just coming into the scene he was just a new kid oh another Wonder kid for Barcelona how's he going to turn about there were only one man marking him that's why he got to space so many times but now he's being double teamed it does make it a bit more difficult and that's why that dribbling success rate is not as high as you would like maybe from his perspective but his growth is scary I mean his Crossing now is becoming a trademark his ability to run in behind and create space for the fullback is getting scary the way that he cuts inside and creates space for the attacking midfielder and even the right wing as well is getting scary because teams again are starting to double team him and when you get double team what does that mean means one other player is going to be wide open and linal is finding them whether he has that final Edge and pass for the success rate is where the thing was where the uh problem needs to tweak again just like kuari 17 freaking years old so it's only only a r from here he's one if not one of the best right Wingers in the world right now and he's 17 now not only you have longevity there but you also have a higher ceiling to see again Lena M he's doing incredibly well again the minutes he's getting for his age are also scary as well so hope H flick can back down and track back on those a little bit but his growth as a player is getting ridiculous best player of the Euros young player technically but we all know he was the best player of the Euros as well they didn't want to give it to him and have both Euro Champion put Barcelona on a pedesta last season he probably carried us in a few moments as well and now this season he's making a mission look like it hopefully to bring Barcelona some course or a decent Trophy this season and again if he just keeps going on this path taking his time with it and of course making mistakes cuz mistakes is how you grow you can't just go and be perfect perect perfect there will be mistakes from Lan yamal and hopefully he learns from those and continues to grow because his growth right now is so so rapid that it's scary for the rest of Europe but not for Barcelona now the fourth thing that we Dani Olmo Performance learned from this match is Denny Elmo's ability to connect everything on the pitch what do I mean to be the Cornerstone for how Barcelona proceed in transition from the attacking phase into the final third phase and we've been seeing that a lot we especially saw it when he came on a halftime against R vako but today of course he did continue that from the start of the game now of course the almost over score reading was at 8.2 and you can see from his heat map all over the final third mainly of course in those stral areas but he does favor one side he will favor the right hand side why because Rafia is tucked inside on the left so that left side is going to be all Bal day and on the right hand side as well he has the ability to connect with Lal and Jules kundai so in the match he played 83 minutes scored one goal he had XG of 4. 0.43 uh he had XA of 0.53 54 touches he had 94% pass accuracy only misplacing two passes of the whole entire game that he played he had one key pass he tended two long balls completed both created one big chance had two shots on target three off Target one block he attempted five dribbles in this match and successfully completed four of them which of course is the higher success rate than the one that linal hit the Woodward twice which of course entails missed two big chances he had 10 ground Duss and won six of them as well lost possession about one time and nine times I say had one foul and committed one foul everyone's been talking about uh you know Danny Elmo was he worth the money should we have gone for someone else is he a luxury signing all this sort of stuff we are now seeing why Deco and flick both agreed to go and pull the trigger for him instead of you know waiting for Nico Williams so to speak and you can see why hansi flick was the one pushing for him of course chavy always had interest in Danny Almo so w the Porto on joh was elected as the B president the players that he liked the most were Joel fix and Denny Elmo so we already knew that b already had that strong interest in him but also the approval from Fleck flick talks about a lot in his press conference I know him from Germany I know him from liik I know how good he is I know how well he can play I know how dangerous he can be consistently since we signed any Almo this is what he has been saying cuz of course in those registration questions and we're seeing it now that deny omo he's a natural 10 I mentioned this as well by Match review yesterday what we've seen a lot of Barcelona over the past few years is pedri playing the 10 maybe you'll see Rafi there sometimes but it's mainly been pedri what do pedri lack of course the decisiveness and the ability to score goals in the final third and read situation pedre's an eight he's a controller he likes to you know dictate you know create that path that leads to a potential goal not be the one that gives the assist or gives the goal although you know flick still says to him he should be scoring more goals with his ability cuz he's that good of course you want to set that standard quite high but yesterday P performance is exactly what I expect for him week and week out control the tempo control the play create chances if you get a shot on target get a goal get an assist that's only a bonus cuz now that role is going to be on Denny ELO and he does it to Perfection I've been we've been cre screaming out for this for years now a player like de bruyne a player like oog guard that in the pockets and spaces when he has a clear shot on goal will take it for example we thought that Philipe coutinho would be like this the issue is he got stuck on the left wing or got stuck in deep in the Midfield as an interior and we never saw him truly play in the T we saw him for a few games on the Coleman he played all right then of course he got injured that would have been a great example for this kind of player profile so to speak Danny ELO is going to be a player that not only unlocks pedri but also unlocks the W because no one is safe each player has the ability to score create chances and we can see as well his lock in mentality forward forward forward P's going to think more control of course to P will make a great run against viao that led to the goal sometimes he'll be more conservative but that's just his mindset his mindset is mainly control control control see space if you see the space exploit it if you don't see the space come back pass the ball back to tagen and reset but even if he doesn't see the space then you're almost thinking run run run run run go forward we saw a lot on the right hand side him lose balls but again that comes with the risk of playing with number 10 again he's so decisive he's so forward thinking and again this could be one of the signings of the summer in terms of Europe not just for Barcelona of course for Barcelona he's our only chance cuz he's our only signing this summer but he is going to be that good he's the player that fits in the role that beans flick wants to play of course if we had chabby now it would have been difficult you going to play him on the left wing you to play him as an eight cuz there's no real number 10 in the Chavis system unless he was going to you know adapt we got Elmo who knows but we know that flick 4231 in the 10 he does want to have a creative midfielder that has Forward Thinking can track back when needs to be and and has the ability to link up play with his Wingers and maybe his eight and most importantly of course creating space for his number nine playing alongside him and Danny ELO does just that and the fifth and final thing Raphinha Performance that we've learned from this match is the leadership quality that Rafia does impose of course hok Bonito had probably his best performance for Boris Lona scoring a hat-trick the first hattrick of his career and getting a perfect 10 out of 10 sofa score rating now I want to highlight his heat map of course like I mentioned in the team review he is going to be playing mainly as that left wing left Striker but look at where he is progressing all over the final third cuz he is a Creator he is someone who wants to get involved no matter what in the match he played of course 90 minutes scored a hattrick three goals had an XG of 1.82 had also one assist with an XA of 0.50 had five shots on target one shot block heed two dribbles completed one missed one big chance 56 touches 83% pass accuracy three key passes he attended 11 crosses completed four of them as well created one big chance as well tended three du and won two of them what we're seeing with Rafia is something that has come as a surprise to a lot of people and that is of course his decisiveness in the final third this is a rafin could have had a game like this I can count maybe at least four times last season the issue was in the final third he wasn't decisive again he missed two big chances in this game mainly the one in the second half threw on go on the left hand side he shot it across go with his left left foot the keeper made the save he should be scoring that at an elite level that's what we missed a lot from marfia last season if you look at the match reviews that I've posted I've talked about Rafia look at my season review video as well what I say about Rafia everything he does up until the final third is perfect but in the final 3D his decisiveness needs to improve and we saw today not be an issue whatsoever and also again his leadership quality he was very surprisingly selected as the fourth Captain for Barcelona everyone thought that maybe pedy would get it Gaby DOI maybe kundai would have been the potential surprises you know he plays so much but it was Rafa and we've seen now from The Cliffs behind the scene of you know movie star and stuff like that on YouTube of how much he is involved in the say so in the movement and the progression of the team as well this is not this is that's the come as a surprise you've seen now him talking to the referees you know making decisions putting pressure on the referees we see him you know communicating with his teammates getting involved and we also saw what he saw after the game as what he said after the game as well saying that this team has shown today why we don't need signings in the summer of course the r Mor if niiko Williams came in rafo would have considered his future all that sort of stuff and he's now saying there's one up on you of course that could backfire we win absolutely nothing this season cuz this is just one game but again he's having the mindset and we know this of RAF again he's one of the most underrated players in football the reason why he does not get talked about this much is because he doesn't get any goals or assists on paper of course last season still got double both goals and assists but they be sporadic ass here goal here goal and assist here oh I had a good game assist assist goal goal nothing nothing nothing then assist and goal he was very inconsistent in providing those numbers on a consistent basis for for a play in the final third that plays regular we of course I'm in that month of February in April that stretch of two months where he was playing in the 10 on the left- hand side how good he really was because again like he mentioned after the game as well his post press conference what he needs is Confidence from the manager chavy would always chop and change him one minute he's at right left uh you know in the 10 at least with flick now there's a bit of continuity and there's a bit of structure to where he's going to be playing on the pitch and he will build on that again if he's just decisive in the final third these numbers will say the same I guarantee you he'll get maybe a goal and assist per game a goal assist over the course every single game of course Len Mala has a g or an A in any of the four first games so far so I think Rafia will continue on that track as well if he is decisive in those areas but again his leadership quality is what's on the rise right now and it'll also be very interesting to see how changes once Ado and Dong come back because of course they're ahead of him in the Captain's Order so they will be speaking to the referee stuff like that if one of them is on the pitch and we'll see how that does adapt his you know performance and ability or not but right now I think the reason why he's performing well is not only because of his of course ability in the system how well he's playing but he also feels like he is the main man so Outro that was a match analysis from the match yesterday between Barcelona and Real viid hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did of course make sure you drop a like down below and of course in the comments down below as as well let me he your thoughts on everything we discussed the Tactical approach of H fck the players performances as well do you think Borel will continue this momentum after the international break we of course tend to drop off after the international break after doing so well previously of course let me all your thoughts down below and of course as well make sure you subscribe down below if you haven't already and I will see you guys next time on the channel take care and force the Barca the [Applause] [Music] [Music]