" CONCERNS " As Well As " BENEFITS " Of Barcelona's 4-2-2-2 Pressing System || Tactical Analysis ||

Fans have been concerned about Barcelona's pressing system. Today we put it undwr the microscope.
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[@jedidiabonnah8621]

I feel a little relaxed because I know the tactical prowess of Hansi flick With Xavi he lacked the capacity to tactically tweak things while the game was in progress But with Hansi is different He has a lot of playing styles and a lot of flexibility

[@samircr7347]

During his time at Bayern, Hansi Flick implemented a 4-2-2-2 formation while pressing high, even in the Champions League final against a PSG side featuring Mbappé and Neymar. Despite the risk, he maintained the same strategy. I believe this pressing system will remain unchanged, even when facing top teams. With time, I’m confident the team will better grasp its mechanics and execute it more efficiently.

[@psychoced437]

In that same game Neuer saved him as Neymar and Mbappe missed BIG chances

[@0xHatred]

Yeah, I don’t think he will really change his philosophy. I think now he might be way better than before because he saw his pros & cons with Bayern & Germany national team. Hansi wants the team to he sharp and ready, that’s why he demands them to keep pressing, when they get the ball 1-5 touches and ready to score

[@minatozakisanaownsmyass3003]

True but keep in mind our defense is not that good and ter stegen is not a world class, we need to score 4+ goals against big team if we wanted to win other than that i find it impossible

[@anxofernandez3344]

After the break we'll face Girona, Villarreal, Getafe and Monaco if I'm not mistaken. That's gonna be the true test for the players and the coach. If Barça wins those, then I'll truly start believing. If we lose, then I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a tough season.

[@Quinn-01r]

The main objective of Flick is to create a lot of scoring opportunities which yields a lot of goals. Yes, bigger teams will exploit the space but they'll only succeed 3 or 4 out of 10 times, the rest 6 or 7, they'll be extremely vulnerable. Flick also relies on the backline's pace to nullify the counters. That's why I think Araujo will be extremely important for us. And Ter Stegen needs to summon his inner Neuer to cover blunt the counter attacks😅

[@mrbabyhugh]

yup, the old Barça formula, OUTSCORE opposition. If you score 3 we go score 5-6. As for Araujo, yes he will defend well but as you can see, Flick is favoring CB who are good on the ball in passing. Araujo has improved but he is nowhere on the level of even Dominguez.

[@feyisola2]

Those opened angles are a trap for the opponent', he prefers they go wide than passing through the middle as the players can recover from the lapses of the wing better than the middle, after all the goal post is in the middle. And when they are forced to attack from the wing, he can easily counter attack them

[@wentonreid2843]

I like this comment

[@thedigitalbash1506]

Good point. A bait

[@stephenmomoh2991]

True... Remember when he said he likes to direct the opposition to the side of the pitch where he wants like a trap

[@thedigitalbash1506]

I remember during one of Flick's first interviews as our coach he mentioned something about "baiting" the opposition to commit their players high up, maybe this is what he was referring to. Nice vid man 💙♥️

[@Culer9605]

I think against bigger teams like Madrid, Bayern , Atletico you have to use the shadow pressing otherwise if Barça keeps jumping on the opposition like they did against Valladolid then they'll surely leave acres of spaces & players like Vini, Mbappe, Musiala would destroy the defense

[@sijoypjohn]

Actually barca use defensive pressing against atheltic Bilbao this way barca control nico Williams.

[@0xHatred]

I hope you remember Hansi flick Bayern team he didn’t cared if a team would scored goals bc his main goal was to out scored them by a lot. He would sacrifice 1 goal for 3+ goals. That’s why he wants the team to be pressing the whole 90 mins he wants to take the ball away from the opponent before it reaches the half of the field

[@wadaya4844]

​@@0xHatred you are right but Bayern Flick is levels comparing to the current Barca squad. He will be tested against big clubs.

[@Culer9605]

​@@0xHatredWhat if you aren't efficient in front of the goal & miss chances? It's better to stop the opponents from scoring than trying to outscore them in all the situations especially against bigger clubs. Moreover Flick's Bayern was a totally different beast. Barcelona is yet to reach that level & has many ageing/ injured players already

[@0xHatred]

@@Culer9605My personal opinion I think Barca won’t really be scoring like Bayern how they were averaging of 3+ goals every game, but there will be some games that we might score 5+ or just 2. The thing you gotta realize is that right now is the worst we’ll look the whole season and we’re starting very good despite the whole team being out due to injuries. When the team is fully fit the second half of the season it will be be very scary and I think we can compete against any team. Win or lose we will be a hard team to beat. One more thing I think flick is better tactically now than before. He learned his props & cons from Bayern and the German national team.

[@jagmeetatwal304]

Girona was very good on cutbacks and crosses last season. We don't want to see another defeat to Girona

[@williamkgasi6258]

Barcelona have played against Real Madrid, Manchester City, Atletic Club Bilbao which have quality and strong attacking fullbacks and wingers under Hansi Flicks during pre season games and league game against Bilbao. Those games Flick was studying how to defend in the form of pressing high.

[@saymyname55]

When gavi, de Jong, Araujo coming back to squad, can't wait them to see in first xi

[@username2168]

Idk about araujo, during the vacations he really lost the love of many barca fans

[@vMidwayDK]

@@username2168 Pure waffle from you all the players loves Araujo and everyone with even just a single brain cell can see how good Araujo is

[@username2168]

@@vMidwayDK i meant fans sorry

[@username2168]

@@vMidwayDK i'm not saying he's bad, but what he did during season break not saying if he will stay or not in barca

[@Rolandinho819]

Is gavi staring over Pedri or Olmo?

[@barstar888]

Video idea - show Xavi’s press structure contrasted against Flick and why Xavi’s seemed to have holes etc….keep up the good work bro

[@jonathana6943]

We need araujo back to cover the space when the press gets beaten. I also think he's the only cb we have that can cover wide spaces effectively

[@Binu955]

Imagine we are playing against Liverpool in ucl and we give that much space to Trent😰

[@danielgalea8499]

One thing maybe not considered which I think is important. Alot of strong teams (Madrid are an exception funnily enough) in current football use a 4 man midfield box. This can be created in a number of ways but it seems the most frequent is a defender (often fullback) becoming a midfielder next to the lone pivot. Or a double pivot where one of which joins the 'number 10' and the defender reforms the double pivot. I guess 3rd most common is the fullback becoming a winger and the winger becoming a '2nd 10'. Once formed, rotations happen which is killer if you are already outnumbered but defending in a traditional 4231/433. In any event, how do you combat this box? Alot of teams have done this in many ways but it's actually something I think Xavi struggled with, which hurt more considering he himself used the box of course. Classic example was Villarreal where Pedraza went from left back to left winger, with their left winger (Baena maybe) coming inside as a 2nd 10. Often there was this question posed for our right winger and rightback. Does the rightback follow the winger inside so our single pivot isn't 2v1? Does our winger basically become a rightback so the Pedraza isn't free in such a dangerous area? Bigger questions then become, do we change to a double pivot so the rightback doesn't have to follow the winger inside. But using this current structure, there is a clear solution. You can see here our deep midfield (Casado and Pedri) have a 2v1 numerical superiority against a lone 10. One of which can easily move onto the 4th player regardless of which position they originally moved from

[@williamkgasi6258]

Funny enough, Hansi Flick is less obsessed about loading midfield with numbers but he has ways to overcome opponents triangle numbers because of fluidity.

[@itsrayaa]

oh how i wish someone from the team watches this 🙏🏼🙏🏼 great analysis like always 😫☝🏻

[@tacticsfcb3952]

🙏❤️

[@rigvedm8127]

The wide areas is concern but if our Full back presses aswell then there is whole lot of space behind the defence if the ball passes that area ad that is risky

[@username2168]

You're so active now, tysm for these videos man this season is about to be really entertaining

[@tacticsfcb3952]

I try to.

[@pxxyou]

Thanks for make this video it's my confusion for a week

[@zak__21]

I think we'd use a 4-2-4 structure against bigger teams. Raphina and Yamal can be in front of the full backs and blocking passes from the CBs . And as the CBs move forward they can then charge in and take the ball away

[@ahmed61299]

in the 7- 0 game valdwalid had many scoring chances and counter attack that were dangerous

[@danchiziofficial2159]

No they didn't

[@feyisola2]

You did not watch the match

[@Quinn-01r]

They had 2 chances, did you even watch the game?

[@ahmed61299]

@@danchiziofficial2159 yeah lol go rewatch i m not talking about traget or off target they hade dangerous runs

[@ahmed61299]

@@feyisola2 yeah lol go rewatch i m not talking about traget or off target they hade dangerous runs

[@shawnjay-zcarter3007]

I don't think Flick will use 4-2-2-2 against big teams It was already exposed by Monaco offensive full backs

[@jaysk2653]

Good video. I think we will go from strength to strength this season.

[@emmanuelolubisi3542]

Since the start of the league games... I notice that the teams barcelona have faced have problems with their backline being exposed cos the high full back have problems of tracking back to help the defenders and this cause the full back to be tired and this give barcelona the opportunity to over load them especially in the second half.. The tired full backs will now sit deep not bumping forward like the first half and that space on the wings is now useless cos nobody can be running down the wings to and fro for 90+ min.. This system is excellent because it forces most dangerous wingers to defend deep helping the full backs and also if barcelona losses the ball in dangerous position the distance from the the full back to the wingers will be too long which barcelona can quickly exploit.. But no system is perfect at least the system on a scale of 10 I give it 8.5

[@elviskiilu3977]

Idea:Kvicha as Barça's LW

[@emmanueltraapcage3667]

Fire analysis bro

[@reidpattis3127]

I am not an expert on conditioning, but I just don’t know why our players keep getting injured. What if the problem is in La Masia? Is there a malnutrition happening in the club? Why are our players so skinny? I’ve been contemplating this since Bernal’s injury.

[@bread3613]

Ah yes, a gigantic *sporting* club has a malnutrition problem. They're lean because 1. They're still young 2. Barca isn't the biggest on physicality

[@charlito_tv]

Nice analysis bro

[@DevanWillemse]

Flick saying: concede, but outscore😂

[@owheferedarlynton3961]

Flick is a tactician he approaches the game with the best tactics this 4222 is a better way to lure the smaller teams into a trap then win the ball back in thier half then try to score them...with a big team the approach will be different or improved upon

[@anesuchakauya1985]

7k congratulations

[@tacticsfcb3952]

Thank you.

[@mrbabyhugh]

0:00 yes and it was exploited behind Martin, cant remember the game now. He went to press high and left space behind him when the player simply headed the ball behind him. We know Inigo isnt fast enough so he couldnt close down space and it lead to a goal. They just have to be careful and not press that high, he was going after the player in to the opposition side of the field. 2:00 YES, this is EXACTLY what happened, though you use Balde in this scenario, but the game I talk about it was Martin in the LB position. I dont think the full backs should press that high.

[@sirtriumph]

I can't wait for the international break to be over

[@millionaire_muses]

Video idea: do an analysis of each player

[@martinobeng]

Interesting analysis the question is how long will it take for coaches to find an antidote to Flick's tactics. Is fitness the most important ingredient?

[@zeosang6933]

longer videos would make my whole weekend without club football 😅

[@tacticsfcb3952]

Video ideas 😅😂

[@Quinn-01r]

​@@tacticsfcb3952you should make video in who should Barca sign in January transfer window

[@owheferedarlynton3961]

Please talk about who should play between casado and eric garcia in the double pivot position

[@goodnessobah2926]

Those open spaces are literally a trap he said it himself and ir worked well agains Bilbao

[@WC2FAR]

I think hansi flick's idea is to out-score the opponent. It's like this, if you are capable of scoring four it doesn't matter to you if the opponents score two or three. Forget about the clean sheets😅 PS: consider making videos on hansi flick's tactics he used when he was at Bayern/ Germany. Draw comparisons

[@tacticsfcb3952]

Already did. Just scroll back a bit.

[@Kinglux8]

Do you have an ideal 11 against big teams such as Real, Bayern etc if all our players were at our disposal, I want to know where certain players such as de Jong will fit into this system.

[@Scottiroles]

The pressing is from the forward players the defense dont press so flick want the ball to be won before even the opponent get to out defense. So our defenders without the ball will stay in positions thats what i have seen so far

[@taimaboufakher8896]

What about the 4 4 2 u said in the preseason that they will use this in bigger teams

[@tacticsfcb3952]

That can easily change into that

[@taimaboufakher8896]

Ya I think it's better

[@Leosteel.]

But if we out score our opponents, does the problem even matter? 😂

[@tacticsfcb3952]

And if we not clinical ?

[@Leosteel.]

@@tacticsfcb3952 true

[@1998ibra]

​@@tacticsfcb3952 the solution is to push the fullbacks high up the pitch either one fullback or both.

[@psychoced437]

I know one thing Flawless tactics don't exist

[@tacticsfcb3952]

For sure

[@AviweZathu]

is this formation similar to tha 4-1-2-1-2?

[@tacticsfcb3952]

Nope.

[@menslifestyle7503]

Our usual shape in possession is usually 3-1-4-2 Kounde Pau Inigo as a back 3 Marc Casado/Bernal as a single pivot Pedri and Olmo as free 8's Lamine and Balde as Wide outlets With Lewandowski and Raphinha as a mobile front two...it does change during different phases of the game though as well

[@hamzaatiq2031]

Bro, no system is perfect, so no point in pondering on the downsides of the system

[@tacticsfcb3952]

It is CONTENT .. and its break so just enjoy.

[@prakharsingh1794]

First😁

[@tacticsfcb3952]

Yeeessssss

[@AI-priest]

Second😊

[@hectorsilwimba]

The problem you KZbinr do it for views so you flick doesn't know what he is doing and moreover have you watched any game against a bigger team..... you were good bruh now you are doing it for views which is shameless

[@tacticsfcb3952]

What are you talking about ? People have asked to go in depth on the defence system. If you have such a problem ... DON'T WATCH! Its that simple 🤦‍♂️

[@user-wf5nj8ej6h]

Great response to negative thoughts 😂​@@tacticsfcb3952