Timothy wrote:
Trying to play the sort of football Guardiola wants it's almost impossible to carry players, especially at this high level. Bayern just had 2-3 who were not quite up to it, but if the injured blokes had been available...a different story.
Some of the Bayern players yesterday looked pretty inferior technically when the game is as tight as this. Mueller, Schweinsteinger, Benatia really struggled badly with the pressing.
That 352 formation by Pep was intentional in the first 15 mins. He did it many times with Barca in the past, it was a planned 15min formation change to press early and then decrease the intensity. Anyway when everything is said and done, no matter what formation or tactics Bayern used, it was still impossible to stop Messi when he's on this form.
