Tactics wrote:
Mourinho: "We didn't want the ball because when Barcelona press and win the ball back, we lose our position – I never want to lose position on the pitch so I didn't want us to have the ball, we gave it away," he said.
Can't believe you are arguing this. There are loads of sides who set out mainly to play on the counter ie sit back, wait for the opposition's mistake and hit them on the counter.
Unbelievable you are trying to argue otherwise.
You realise he's essentially saying "we didn't want the ball because we'll lose the ball when we get it"? 😆
He's not suggesting that he doesn't want 70% of the ball against Barcelona, he's suggesting he's scared about having even 30% because he'll get punished by the worlds best team. It's not out of choice.
And again, I'm not arguing that different tactics exist, I'm arguing that they all aim to win (or draw). You're the one arguing that negative tactics are the ones that focus on the result. As if running rings around the opposition is ineffective. If Mourinho could get his teams to play like Barcelona, he would. He can't, so he adapts to the best way he knows.
