Messi and Valencia shut, the metaphor of the scenic fear

They say that an image costs more than one thousand words, and if it is necessary to look for a that reflect how was the course of the first-half of the FC Barcelona-Valencia of this Thursday, without place to doubts is the one who can see of Leo Messi surrounded of until five contrary players.

Because, although the FC Barcelona tried to attack by all the flanks with Leo Messi moving with total freedom by the wide zone of the field and the balcony of the area, never found depth during the first-half to have of clear opportunities of goal, to exception of a pass of the death that did not arrive to finish by very little Luis Suárez.

The ones of Ernesto Valverde had of 80% of the possession, something that was traditional in the times of Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernández. However, the valencianistas shut backwards and in the image that heads this news can see how Rodrigo, the reference and leading centre of Valencia, found defending to few metres of his own area to Leo Messi.

It is what has the best player of the world, that is able to accumulate rival with so only receive the balloon, given the dread that causes to the contrary players. The FC Barcelona played well to global level in the first-half, although of way something conservative and something lacking of a course more than speed in the combinations for desordenar to the rival team.

Valverde Reacted in the second half

Fruit of the statism of the first-half, Valverde decided to begin to enter variants in the second time and, in the minute 58, Aleix Vidal left of the field to leave place to Philippe Coutinho, the one who carried an ovation of the Camp Nou in spite of carrying so only some days in the Catalan capital. The technician and talent of the Brazilian, a possible solution for desencallar to the team. All a luxury have him in the bank.