Koeman 'killed' Umtiti and reconsidered his 3-5-2 to attempt the feat in Paris

The FC Barcelona arrived to the turn against Paris Saint-Germain after tracing back against the Seville in the semifinals of Glass of Rey. The Barcelona did not fail against the sevillistas and gave him the turn to the 2-0 of the gone with an epic victory in the extention by 3-0. After this triumph, besides, the culés won to the Osasuna in League and him recortaron two points to the Athletic of Madrid, that empató against the Real Madrid.

In these two meetings, the same that in the duel of League in front of the Seville in Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán of does two days, the Catalans went out with the system of three head offices, two carrileros, three means and two forwards that so well has gone them lately. The 5-3-2 to the hour to defend and 3-5-2 to the hour to attack expected that it was the training with which Ronald Koeman​ went out to by another traced back in the Park of the Princes, but finally did not go like this.

The trainer barcelonista had to trust Samuel Umtiti not to retouch the system, but finally no fió of the French and this forced to do changes. After the injury of Gerard Hammered, expected that Ronald Araújo arrived to Paris so that only it was man by man, but the Uruguayan did not recover to time and thus the alternative to follow with three head offices was the frank-Cameroonian, that finally finished remaining in the bench.

In place to bet by the one of Yaoundé, Koeman decided 'go down' to Frenkie of Jong to the defence and incrustarle in the line of three head offices beside Óscar Mingueza and Clément Lenglet. Jordi Alba and Sergiño Dest followed like carrileros long, whereas the centre of the field remained with alone Sergio Busquets and Pedri. In the forward was the another big novelty, since the technician wanted to go out with everything and put to Antoine Griezmann beside Leo Messi and Ousmane Dembélé.

A system that could have been a 4-3-3 natural, since the pieces fit to perfection, but that transformed in a 3-4-3 to strengthen the defence and follow having a lot of 'punch' up. The trainer blaugrana sacrificed something of control and solidity in the centre of the field for being solid backwards and more punzantes up. A surprising plan, but ilusionante of face to this attempt of traced back.

Umtiti Remains signalled by Koeman

However, this election condemned and signalled to a large extent to Umtiti, to the that is missing him speed for this type of meetings. Play with the French could have supposed a problem with Kylian Mbappé in front and perhaps therefore Koeman preferred to retouch all the training and put to a faster player as Of Jong. The Dutch already has played here in multiple occasions and always is a good resource for some parties.