Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Barcelona's New Look Defence: An Analysis


The concept of defence has never been a popular one at the Nou Camp. After all, why would a crowd fed on a diet of Cruyff, Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Messi, to name just a few, care about what happens on the other end of the field?


Alves will help...

4 comments:

The Soccer Blogger said...

That's why they have Puyol in defence. How can you like defence with someone like that at the back?
Rik
The Soccer Blogger
The Soccer Blog

The Editor said...

I love Puyol! He's a rock.

The Soccer Blogger said...

Just always have a sense of..., not sure how to put it exactly, can't quite put my finger on it, but always feel that something very "Keystone Cops" is going to happen when he's around. Maybe it's just the haircut. Shocking!
Rik
Spain La Liga

The Editor said...

Ha -- OK. Fair enough. he does throw himself around quite a bit.