oloye wrote:
The Barca team it appeared turned up in Rome believing they were on sightseeing. They just could not get out of the first gear. All the goals apart from the third were comical to say the least and i would save the most comical one for the way Pique committed the penalty that led to the second. The clown was not only holding Dzekos hand like he was his boyfriend, the clown managed to get his own feet tangled up like an amateur learning to dance tango. Yes it takes two to tango,but not on the football field dummy. To make matters worse as he was going down, the tango dancer wannabe still held onto Dzekos hand as if saying i will not be disgraced by going down alone!
I have never seen a Barca team look so hopeless and bereft of inspiration or idea. Roma saw this and went all out,kudos to them.
Oga Oloye, which kind of Keshi 'Das Fooball for you' analysis be dis? Could not get out of first gear? Roma took the game to Barca, in terms of tactics, physicality and intensity, and they had the personnel to pull it off.
Dzeko is a giant, yet he was the smaller Roma Centre Forward yesterday. With the long balls and crosses into the box, Schick should have got a couple of goals yesterday. The Roma coach adopted the
philosophy of your former Oga, Amodu.
What midfield? Have a high press, pump the balls forward and have the game decided between the giant Roma forward line and the Barca backline. Play a high, extremely mobile, and intense backline that is first to every loose ball and is committed to the press. There is a reason both Messi and Suarez got yellow cards yesterday.
This was not parking the bus, it was removing the freeway and daring the Ferrari to compete with an ATV off track. Barca could not get out of gear because Roma changed the arena and surface. It was a different ballgame.