SERGIO DOES NOT HOLD THE RHYTHM
Barça has a serious problem with Sergio Busquets in the Champions League
Published:18/02/2021 - 13:22h
Updated:18/02/2021 - 13:22h
Sergio Busquets was one of the players who suffered the most against PSG and once again showed that his physique falls short for the Champions League. Marco Verratti pitched at ease in the midfield and Badia's defense had a very bad time
Sergio Busquets has been one of the players of the FC Barcelona that more 'touched' has remained after the goleada of Paris Saint-Germain. The one of Badia was of the worst of the Barça, but further of his performance, the truly worrisome was the feeling of inability that left along the party. Physically it saw him two or three stairs underneath of his rivals, something that with him comes being usual in Europe.
The physicist of the midfield player no longer is the one who was and from does a pair of years limits him a lot his actions in the field. However, his tactical intelligence and his precision in the pass always have been and will be of another level, by what has compensated his fault of rhythm with this. Therefore, in LaLiga has kept on being important and has stood out in a lot of occasions, but the Champions League is his big Heel of Achilles.
When they have arrived the important rivals and the parties complicated, this fault of physicist of Busquets has done even more notorious. The year happened already remained very clear against the Bayern of Munich and this campaign has gone back to show against the PSG. To the Catalan no longer gives him to be the only mediocentro in front of this type of rivals and has turned into a problem for the Barça to the hour to compete.
The raw reality is that Sergio can not follow the rhythm that mark players like Marco Verratti or even Gueye, and much less can defend his back in front of velocistas like Kylian Mbappé or Moise Kean. In the case of the crash in front of the Parisians, Verratti dominated the centre of the field how and when wanted in front of the nonappearance of Busquets and of the rest of his mates of the midfield.
But further of the partidazo of the Italian, what more suffered the one of Badia were the falls to his back of Mbappé, Kean or even Mauro Icardi. To the international Spanish results him impossible control this type of actions and therefore they generated countless advantages for the French in attack. With him, when the rival is powerful physically, as it occurs in a lot of parties of Champions, the culés are unable to dominate the spaces and suffer one and again in this zone.
Busquets has turned into a problem
Taking into account that Ronald Koeman has left clear along the course that Busquets is indisputable for him, all this is a problem tremendo for the Barcelona. If the Dutch follows betting by Sergio in duels like the one of the Park of the Princes of 10 March, the Barça goes to have it difficult. The physicist is very important in this period and the Catalan no longer has it. Por well That it was, that is it, as only mediocentro no longer gives the level that has to him demand. Or his trainer throws him a hand and 'touch' the system to cover his lacks, or the normal is that it follow suffering in each meeting of level.