Barca – dump 3-4-3

The last month was filled with few disappointments for the best soccer club in the world who on their day can beat any side in the world. Let us get into the details of the recent failure of F.C.Barcelona where in a month they were knocked out of champions league and momentarily lost the Spanish league top spot to Sevilla. Yet for all their inadequacies as a unit in this campaign, I still feel they should win the spanish league title hands down. The achilles heel for barca in recent times is the amount of pressure on the defenders in their 3-4-3 formation. Barca cannot keep its creative midfielders out in favor of a more reliable formation because their playing style is influenced by their midfield’s ability to make creative chances for the ever watchful and agile front 3. The last few matches especialy the two against chelsea gave a feeling that the 3 defenders were often in immense pressure esp from the wingers.

There is no immediate solution for this as they are not willing to go back to the slate to change a tested and proven playing style. Maybe adding two quality full backs or even 1 full back and a wing back who can assist the midfield will ease some pressure but at the cost of 1-2 midfielders or 1-MF and 1-FW. Better still though, stick to 4-3-3, No team plays that way better than Barcelona on song.