How Flick Is Already Transforming Barcelona

[@oghenetegasagua]

Finally. A Flick Barca video. Hurrahhhh

[@FootballMeta]

Yeah I admit it took a while lol

[@devlumkit1]

​@@FootballMetawhat program do you use to show the formations?

[@fresquitotv]

I think making Lewy press the midfield instead of the centerbacks is a genius move. Not only it's less taxing at his age, but also they have the fastest players ready to run into space if someone wins the ball back.

[@seven92023]

Flick did the same at Bayern four years ago with Lewy. In fact he did it against Barca in that famous 8-2 trashing.

[@chiefnkosi7705]

​@@seven92023exactly

[@vinjayabdo3809]

Klopp also did it with mane and salah

[@colouredIncognito]

'genius' is a bit much😅😂

[@fresquitotv]

@@colouredIncognito Probably. But this is the internet, hyperbole or death! lol

[@blac-whit]

Finally a manager that isnt from the PL. We love it

[@andrescardenas4732]

PL?

[@BenJenni]

@@andrescardenas4732Fr?

[@blac-whit]

@@andrescardenas4732 Premier League

[@afamefunevictory7749]

I don't get your point

[@turbocuber]

​@@afamefunevictory7749 I think he means a manager who doesn't draw inspiration from pl clubs like city

[@i__ampower___]

The beauty of relationism is that you can't be predicted that same goes for ancelloti in rma. Remember when tuchel said when you rewind 10 seconds back you didn't see the goal coming

[@ahmedqureshi8944]

You forgot also those referees plays huge role in Real Madrid attack , truly fire 🔥

[@i__ampower___]

@@ahmedqureshi8944 said by the one who's club has been accused 😭😂😂

[@ahmedqureshi8944]

@@i__ampower___ oh that is penalty for madrid

[@i__ampower___]

@@ahmedqureshi8944 i like the barca fans the way they interact with peoples when they can't win an argument commenting off topic arguments like winning world cups and penalty taken dude go outside touch some grass and accept the reality 😭😂😂

[@ahmedqureshi8944]

@@i__ampower___ and that's another penalty for madrid

[@mazwisabelomabaso9242]

I am a Barca fan I am glad we finally have a good coach❤ and thanks for breaking down Hansi Flicks tactics

[@MofiyinSpace]

But xavi won you guys la liga 😮

[@ebrimabojang8590]

@@MofiyinSpaceand what does this have to do with Xavi why can you people leave Xavi to enjoy his life why involve him in everything about the flick are you this stupid

[@derrengarcia8495]

@@MofiyinSpacealso went trophyless last season I can admit the team’s mentality was so bad and individual errors didn’t help our season either. But for xavi I hated his decision making when it came to subs. Always leaving lewa in even though he kept underperforming

[@danimaster6647]

@@derrengarcia8495 To be fair Lewa was underperforming but was also lacking the team plan how to use him effectively. They had a very boring offensive game last season which a lot of the time ended with a cross in the box where Lewa was marked by 2 men.

[@Oscar-kf1hf]

@@danimaster6647also our “horrible “ last season was the most offensive season under Xavi, I though you guys complained that when we won the ligue we only won every match by 1-0, you guys can never be satisfied can you?

[@YousufMomand-j3t]

This season I have been really enjoying Barça and Liverpool's games So far, Really fun to watch.

[@Bro77248]

Same since I support both teams 😅

[@ayaan9646]

@@Bro77248don’t do that

[@Bro77248]

@@ayaan9646 since 08

[@levivandepol2145]

Could you maybe add a 'As a coach, how would I counter this tactic?' part at the end of every video? I think it would be a great insight into how coaches think as well!

[@FootballMeta]

That could be interesting thanks for the suggestion 💪🏻

[@edreitorres6213]

That’s a good call

[@Jeanevans23]

I don't think we need that video so you don't give ideas to the other teams 😂

[@elumedivine2996]

Don't ever make a video like that for Barca. You can do that for other teams but not Barca, please. ​@@FootballMeta

[@akangsamuel9021]

and he did, thanks for the suggestion.

[@fryzollis]

It's only a matter of time before this team starts to fire in all cylinders 🔥

[@freekills1238]

Especially xith the return of fati fermin de jong and gavi i think they will be all ready in a month so flick will be able to make that rotation

[@hazacarrobinson6673]

They need the injured players back and they’ll be good,I said from his hiring announcement that they’ll definitely play better

[@underratedplayerstv5666]

I’ve been following your content ever since you created this channel. Thank you for your education

[@FootballMeta]

Thank you mate

[@seven92023]

Very good analysis. I will be interesting to see what Flick does and how he uses the players once the injured ones come back - Gavi, Fati, De Jong and Araujo.

[@oluwatayooni8494]

Slot was also using the first pressing style mentioned against man utd

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

He s just re using his 4 2 3 1 of Bayern that had won for us how many titles, BUT a little more with a modern approach. I can see the SAME thing but with different players

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

Instead of Muller now he s using Dani Olmo. He doesn't have the movement of Muller BUT, he has the vision n the creativity and up front Lewagoalski again. Raphinia now acts as his old Gnabry. His only issue might be the double pivot, because Thiago alcantara plus prime Kimmich was goated right

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

And of course he has Yamal who is self explanatory what he does and HOW he does it👍💯💯

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

Instead of playing 373772 passes in 3 metres,now he has a direct approach. This is also helped by Dani Olmo like I said above,who s JUST taylor made for this Barcelona team💯💯💯

[@wallahhabibiiii]

@@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic Olmo is playing a bit differently compared to Muller under flick. Olmo and pedri interchange positions a lot. sometimes Olmo goes deeper for buildup and the other pushes up, and vice versa. there's no one player playing the "raumdeuter" role anymore

[@dinbachok6424]

​@YaelEvreuklovic there is pass combination? Its that complicated?

[@thomasbayer2832]

Flick is the most underrated coach. With Bayern he won ALL POSSIBLE 6 titles in 1 year!

[@diateyobed9140]

Love this analysis ❤

[@thabisosamsam6779]

He's embracing Diniz ❤

[@Culer9605]

Against bigger teams they would use shadow pressing cutting off the passing lanes. It's dangerous for the opposition but not dangerous for Barça themselves like the high pressing that is used against the weaker teams.

[@ContextFootball_]

Thank you, finally someone is talking about him using relationisim with Barca.

[@ThamsanqaTLJ]

I've been waiting for this video. thank you for the great piece of art.

[@XPL80]

i've seen with flick the most perfect positional 433 since guardiola. perfect because position is what matters, not players. all zones are perfectly occupied, albeit not by a fixed player as it was with xavi. triangles are there, as with xavi, but players rotate in a way xavi didn't allow. this and the fact that flick has midfielders doing midfield things, forwards doing forward things and so on, contrary to xavi playing with the 8s between central defenders and fullbacks, a place in which they're completely inefficient. defensively, the main difference for me is the intention in the press. with xavi it was all in, with flick if the ball cannot be won at least the press is meant to force the opposition to play in a certain way that benefits us. as i said in the beginning of the comment, this has the most guardiola vibes in years.

[@sbaffolodellapuffetta2029]

Yeah but in the movement of the central players you can clearly see Freedom from any kind of dictat (positional sides, for example, state that there should be no more than two players on a vertical Channel and no more than three on a orizzontal One), with Just the goal of finding space in between Lines and players. Sometimes when the ball goes out Wide you can see all the team but balde and yamal almost shift completely on One flank. It's also important to underline that Flick's game Is very vertical and sometimes It almost seems they force killer passes, something different from pep's idea. That's at least what i saw 😁

[@XPL80]

@sbaffolodellapuffetta2029 and that is the most similar to Guardiola's barça I've seen in a long time. Guardiola was no Xavi, people don't recall the style of play, assume it from what he and Barça do or have done recently. But I can assure you he used inverted fullbacks (Abidal), inverted wingbacks (Alves), and absolutely mobile midfield, specially with Cesc Fábregas. Only Busquets was positional, as is casadó. The rest, the same with Pep.

[@sbaffolodellapuffetta2029]

@@XPL80 i remember him coaching barca, i am not thirteen years old. While it's true that his style changed in time and that his blaugrana team had a lot more positional and intuitive freedom than his later sides, It's also true that we cannot call their, conceptually speaking, a relational approach, there were defined structures in wich they could have moved, studied ones. In Flick's side, on the other hand, you can clearly distinguish a perimetrical structured part of the team and a "free to find space" part inside the pitch. Then again, it's Just what i saw of the game, maybe i'm wrong, but i clearly see a functional interpretation of the space in what they do. Also, in the First comment, you stated that Flick is positional like Pep, now you Say that Pep was relational like Flick ("only busquets was positional")... So i don't get your point. P.S. i'll rewatch some old barca games (integrally) and try to see if i remember wrong, but i recon players moving fluidly yes, but in pre-determined positions

[@sosukeaizenbutdressedupina4692]

Would love to see more managers from other leagues. Love your vids

[@EwaifeoluwaAdemuyiwa]

i miss the animations. bring it back. and a lovely analysis by the way.

[@williamkgasi6258]

Can't wait to see Hansi Flick tactics against Real Madrid.

[@YOUNG_S1N_999]

Banged them hard🔥🔥🔥4-0

[@PelewuraBasit]

He touched them 😂

[@manwaiho4821]

that pressing system is the very culprit for every single conceded goal. Baraja spotted its shortcoming within 30 minutes and gave instructions during the water break.

[@VishnuZutaten]

Sue, but Its also the culprit of many goals earned...The matches are again so much fun!

[@mrconservative8558]

I don’t care just win. And the games are fun to watch not boring. You should watch altletico Madrid you will enjoy thier football it’s like defending helms deep.

[@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic]

Barcelona s board should trust this man 💯💯💯 and grant every of his wishes. Here in Bayern the board thought it d be wise to sack him after his 6 titles😂 Whatever man. Don't judge him based on his time in Germany team. National teams are a different topic.

[@amz_news]

He decided to leave Bayern , he had issues with the board, and he was eying the National team job

[@The_Scriptwriter]

He wasn't sacked. He wanted to leave so as to replace Joachim Leow as national team manager.

[@JonnyEsseko]

Bro bring the old tactical board ,recent ones aren’t as cool or clear

[@FootballMeta]

Will try and balance the two going forward, but I hope to keep updating this version

[@beastofsoccer4354]

@@FootballMeta do you use special app as tactical board? can you share what app is it?

[@ebrimabojang8590]

The video I was waiting for ❤❤❤🎉

[@pmh6904]

You should definitely do a video about VfB Stuttgart and their coach. Especially after their perfomance against Madrid and Dortmund. Most interesting team out there 🎉

[@TioPika-Pau]

the best way for the relationist game improve and gain more space in football is to mix and learn from positional play, if the relationists coaches become too attached to their philosophy and principles, without adapting and learning from other ways of seeing and playing football, it ironically can become as strict and imprisoning as the rigid positional game they are contesting with.

[@lalgouhaokipgen5741]

I'm a culer and I believe Flick is the right man for my club .we must give him long term project.❤

[@definitely_joey]

a barca video?! let’s go!🙏

[@jacobgoure975]

I love your videos of analytics

[@JordanChaki-j1g]

Now the big question, How do I recreate this on EAFC

[@lmhub5364]

In efootball for me😂

[@mariadanielalavia8877]

@@lmhub5364 4-1-3-2 with the wingers starting already tucked inside but with instructions to play wide so they move a lot

[@Tacticfreak1]

Great analysis.

[@nbtytdjdhdjd2901]

Thanks for the vid

[@thatoneguy38]

The new press is definitely going to be a strategy of this season, Liverpool have a similar strategy under Slot

[@dullahhassan5425]

We msenge unajua sana 🙌🙌🙌

[@ForzaCalcio-c1o]

Would love to see a video on Udinese given the complete change in style of play since bringing in Kosta Runjaić

[@mariadanielalavia8877]

I'd say it has to do more with wanting to play direct football. Some bad pre-conception of modern football that many positional managers make and have caused is not practicing exchanging of position a lot throughout the game (having 2 guys switch positions while making both a run in behind/space and the other asks for a ball at feet with a different side movement). They all just go and play with all of them locked into a position with horseshoe nails. Mostly the positioning of Wingers, I have not seen a German coach that doesn't play with wingers who actually make forward runs into the 3 inside channels and the opposite center back, from Klopp, Dino Topmoller, Sebastian Hoeness, back in time Heynckes to when Tuchel had good spells, to Naggelsmann when he had to use 3-4-3s. The role of the roaming second forward or of the 2 wingers is to make runs and attack the last line of defense, that's where space is created for many German/German upbringing coaches, direct football, direct passes and quick combinations in the last third and take a pass when there's space.

[@MarceloAlahid-vm3if]

Traditional link up with attacking full back with inside forward

[@frankieoh2679]

The matches ended 2-1 but there was no struggle. Anyone who watched the games would see that. They were very comfortable wins. speaking as a barca fan. I have never felt more comfortable holding a 2-1 lead

[@alphis343]

What app do you use?

[@hafiz2664]

Tightening the space around a midfield that is simply press resistant is like a baby python trying to constrict a horse.

[@Trans-l5i]

Let's see when Barcas best player Gavi is back

[@benz1427]

Great video! What’s the software you using to draw?

[@ThePolicyPodium]

Great job! Are you going to do a De Zerbi Marseille video??

[@Superblah-eb2to]

phenomenal video!!, but pep's man city new tactics please?

[@L.4utumn]

Damn the tactic board look dope

[@rupertx3]

Flink took his tactics Heynckes... What the 2012-2013 Bayern Munich and it looks the same. Pressing, formation, Mid-Block, Rotations.

[@arsenal0095]

Raphina hat trick

[@amz_news]

Bait Press 😊 But very tricky and risky, against big teams, with a lot of quality and Pacy wingers you might get penalised severely

[@Culer9605]

They won't do the same against bigger teams ofc. It would be shadow pressing cutting off the passing lanes. This is still high up the pitch but still threatening enough

[@phantomboy4166]

A great video

[@antonduongtrinh6128]

Love your analysis, very detailed and visualised !!! Oh, I'm curious what's the name of that blue online tactical board website/ app you use to display squad and tactic in the video. It looks very simple but professional. Tks

[@okekechinedu-eg8op]

Your tactical explanation are amazing when I watch ur videos I concentrate more because u make it understandable, but I just want to ask if it's possible to adopt this system in a school team. Am a coach in my university so am hoping to learn and know ur opinion on me adopting this system of high fullbacks and compact midfield 😅

[@mariadanielalavia8877]

Random opinion here but you should mostly concentrate on the players having better physique, first touch and for them to not give the ball right away (usually most university and amateur teams play in 2 touches even when there's space to dribble/turn around. A good channel I'd recommend you is GEDfootball who used to make tactical analysis but now concentrates on individual players and what they ought to think and do of when facing playing situations (he's a big fan of Argentinian football and used to work at Argentinos Juniors one of the teams with the best youth systems in Argentina)

[@okekechinedu-eg8op]

@mariadanielalavia8877 thanks brother I really appreciate God bless u

[@okekechinedu-eg8op]

@mariadanielalavia8877 an I didn't see any Gen football probably u can send a link please 🙏

[@GuyJames]

I see a lot of amateur men's and lower-level women's teams trying to play the same way as top teams, insisting on playing out from the back when they simply haven't got the players with enough technical quality to do so, and getting caught time and time again, but insisting on it because 'it's the right way to do things'. No, the right way to do things is what suits your players. If playing total route one is the best way for your players to thrive, do that. Obviously there is a grey area where the players are nearly good enough but just need to get used to it.

[@okekechinedu-eg8op]

@GuyJames true, but actually the thing is My wingers most of them can actually dribble but can't make a cutback or cross while the other can cross and create cutback chances, so I really get confused on the style of play that can suit but wingers and to top it up I only have cfs who play more like a ss. This issues are making my attack weak and in my defense they can mark but can play from the back but I have midfielders who can carry the ball from defense to attack and can give accurate long balls from deep. So please I seek u guys help on how to improve this team before our next fixture

[@MdKhairul-qn6rg]

We want more videos regarding Flick’s Barcelona.

[@madaxwayne]

hope to see full blown relational football in europe one day

[@emmanuelmoore3920]

Can't wait for that day

[@Swervesmuller1g]

Thanks football meta

[@nanapotter3461]

Could you do Bayern video with Kompany?

[@KeshavThakur-hx3rb]

We also deserve a video on Vincent Komany tactics at Bayern

[@aswekujh]

Hi i really do like ur strategy and just quick question do u set stop loss on this strategy?😐

[@krishsharma3329]

I think you kinda undermined how much kounde still drops as a third centreback, kounde for me is the one player whose role has been very similar to last season, he's still not pushing too forward and still drops very often as the wide cb on the right, i just think that as time has went on he has just gotten better at acting as a fullback with the underlaps and overlaps which weren't the best last season from him

[@AlassaneBallo-ky3ww]

Flick underrated

[@toretoiumarius4110]

in which app edit your videos? Which tactical board you use?

[@iwwiny3t]

What do application do you use for the tactic board

[@Constantinos_Is_Dead]

Central overloads and through balls behind the defence is not relationism. Flick has always been employing positional play, it's just that his version of it is different from Pep's or Arteta's.

[@powersource9301]

Hey um a question what app are u using for your tactics explanation

[@jaydonnjuguna4780]

We need Analysis on Lee carsley tactics for England

[@andreypokesaround]

While the three 2-1 games can be considered "not perfect", they're a day and night difference from Xavi's. Under Xavi those 2-1 wins usually showcased a team that scrapped for the 3 points, while under Flick you can see the team attacking, pressing, and looking for another goal. Also, this is by no means disrepsect towards Xavi, it simply shows different philosophies and levels of experience.

[@shoozy2948]

We need for barca content

[@cameronmcainsh4170]

I've been following you since before you started the channel

[@FootballMeta]

Amen Coach

[@Mosh-Badger]

Could you do Frank Schmidt from Heidenheim?

[@SanFranFan30]

Barca's real weakness right now is their roster construction, They have no real back up for Balde on the left when he's not fit and subsequently will need to play differently when he's not there to threaten the left flank.

[@adebimpesaheedolawale5471]

Hector is good in that position, Martin is also good, but can’t give a winger vibes. Nevertheless, it’s depends on the team we are playing with

[@SanFranFan30]

@@adebimpesaheedolawale5471 Hector Fort is a right back not a left back.

[@kiranwicksteed3972]

Would you say some of these principles are similar to those employed by Arne Slot? Especially that concept of the “central cluster” you coined in your Slot analysis…

[@SamKalirai]

How would you say that this compares to Ten Hag’s tactics? Particularly in the buildup it seems very similar but Ten Hag is being slated for it

[@Peradabo]

Man Utd do not play relationist football.

[@mariadanielalavia8877]

Ten Hang just either pins the ball up to the sky or doesn't train his build up. lots of non coordinated moves.

[@FOOTIATOR]

yup , pushing FBs high up in build up is similar.

[@GuyJames]

It looks to me like ETH has good ideas but they don't suit his actual players. He's always saying 'when we get the players back from injury...'. Sure, but why not adjust the tactics for the players you actually have on the pitch? Why play this high press with ultra-slow CBs? When he has zero players injured and all his favourites on the pitch it probably works well. But that's like 5 games a season. He seems too stubborn to me, although the players do clearly try for him.

[@tusharkumar8750]

Today again we had a chance of winning by 6 or 7 Goals.

[@ibonechevarria-o7k]

Coach Rinus Michels, not Johan Cruyff, was the originator of Barcelona's style and must not be forgotten but now most people dont know this....

[@hungotuan4431]

Flick is cooking :)))

[@pablogutierrez7695]

board App name?

[@alexismachuca4736]

3:36 what website is that?

[@scissa1206]

What is the name of app you are using ?

[@andremuller8546]

I think Hansi Flick's understanding of football has nothing to do with 'relationism'. Most of the ideas he is using now he already were using in Bayern. In my opinion his actual squad is even stronger in possession then the one he had in Munich. Müller was not in his prime anymore, Olmo probably is. Yamal and Raphinha are better options then Sane, Coman or Gnabry. Question will be how good this team is in defending. The central defenders and holding mids are very young, Kounde is a bit overrated and if Balde can be as good as prime Aphonso Davis, I don't know... Will be nice to see. But please don't try to see everywhere the same ideas. He has nothing to do with the relationism of Deniz. Ancelotti has also nothing to do with that and Xabi Alonso also not. Rotations, overloads and stuff like that are not new ideas. Just some coaches lilke them more than others bc they go hand in hand with some risk's when you loose the ball. Flick, as well as Ancelotti, is just looking for the optimal use of the threads of his squad. The idea to defend in the first line with the wingers and closing the center with Lewandowski + Olmo is a perfect example for that. If they really win the ball during pressing, what would you do with Lewandowski in the most advanced position? Nowadays he is not fast enough for counter attacks and Olmo also not. But Yamal and Raphinha are really dangerous in attacking free spaces. It's the same idea which Klopp were using in Liverpool when they played with Firminho, Sala and Mane.

[@Sozioparty111]

I am wondering if all the young players will „survive“ a full season of this intense football

[@jayeshpal02]

what is the tactical boards that you use , please tell

[@FootballMeta]

It's my own software that I've been working on, hopefully we can make it available soon but still need to add more features

[@jayeshpal02]

@@FootballMeta thanks hope we get it soon. ❤️❤️

[@akangsamuel9021]

How do you think barca will perform against bayern. Watched your bayern vid, will barca be able to beat that press?

[@046csesandeep3]

Italy defeat France Can you explain the tactics

[@Mosia-r2f]

This Manqoba Mngqithis ball😮

[@rodneymatseke3839]

Spot on he just needed to shape his rest defense well will be 👍

[@abdimalikmohammed3199]

We didn’t struggle bro maybe against Valencia for 20 min and Rayo but we dominated the rest😊

[@Useryt09x]

MAAAAAAADDDD CLOWN JOKER VAMOOOOOS BAAAAARÇAA🤪💙❤️‍🔥

[@jacklittlewood4891]

Could perform rap god

[@Abhi_810-s9b]

goat .

[@luckylecheko10]

Cool

[@BBSF88]

The litmus test for Barca will be against much tougher opponents. e.g., RM& others in the CL.

[@YOUNG_S1N_999]

Fucked them up🔥🔥🔥

[@erinadeola8387]

The out-to-in pressing scheme isn't new bologna did it last season

[@thatGuyFean]

Two words for the opposition...Be Scared.

[@mr.increediblle7964]

Flick has the potential to surpass Pep

[@sam9son]

9:16 Atalanta Gian Piero Gasperini? 🤔

[@walterdacruz9567]

They are doing too much videos about us. It's a bad sign.

[@FahdRiyahi]

Visca barca ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@timothyoluwafemi8078]

I think football made simple and football meta are friends caused they upload basically almost the same time and same thing

[@mariadanielalavia8877]

FMS tends to miss the chicken by a lot though

[@danielevgi6441]

football manager

[@menno7349]

"Finally help them get back on top of La Liga" in the end of the video is a bit much no? It's literally only 1 year ago that they were champions, it's not like they're on some long barren spell of not winning anything.