‘0 goal duo’ Grizman and Dembele, cold water in pursuit of Barsa

‘0 goal duo’ Grizman and Dembele, cold water in pursuit of Barsa

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▲ Barsa, 1-1 draw against PSG ▲ Barsa, 1 draw, 1 loss, failed to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals after 14 years ▲ Dembele, good movement but no goal due to lack of determination ▲ Grizman, no goal after defending only

[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyun-min = French striker duo Antoine Grizzman and Usman Dembele showed poor performance in the match against Paris Saint-Germain (hereinafter referred to as PSG), pouring cold water on Barcelona’s willingness to pursue.

Barça ended in a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 for the 2020/21 season against PSG on the Parc des Princes away. Barsa, who had already lost 1-4 in the first game, as a result, failed to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals after 14 years after the 2006/07 season with 1 draw and 1 loss in the first and second games.

Barsa launched a three-back formation that was recently having fun in this match. However, since it was necessary to score at least four goals and win more than three goals, midfielder Frankie De Yong was defeated as the central defender, forming a three-back with Clement Langle-Oscar Langle, and Serhi Busquets and Fedry in midfield. Grizzman was deployed as an offensive midfielder. The two tops were Ace Lionel Messi and Dembele. In the previous three games, compared to the three professional center backs and the three central midfielders, he was aggressive.

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The game was consistently held in Barsa’s wave of waves. This can be easily confirmed by simply looking at the record. Barsa’s market share was overwhelmed with 72 to 28, and in the number of shots, 21 to 7, exactly three times more. Even in the corner kick, it was Barsa, who greatly advanced 7-2.

However, Barsa scored only one goal after being blocked by PSG’s chief officer Keyler Navas’ save show. Navas saved a whopping nine shots in this match and recorded the most save in the home game of the Champions League tournament after Bayern Munich’s chief executive Manuel Neuer, who saved 10 shots by Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the 2016/17 season. Above all, just before the end of the first half, Navas played a heroic role in saving up to Messi’s penalty kick.

The problem was that, apart from Navas’ save show, the Barsa attackers were also sluggish. In particular, the sluggishness of French attack duo Grizzman and Dembele was painful.

In the case of Dembele, the movement itself was quite intimidating. Through this, he actively attacked by recording 4 shots and 3 key passes (passes connected by shooting). The problem was in the finish.

First, in the 10th minute, he caught Alba’s long pass and took it as a shot, but this was hit weakly and headed in front of the goalkeeper. In the 12th minute, he attempted a medium-range shot but missed the goal. On the 18th minute, Messi’s forward pass was taken as a shot, but the goalkeeper was saved. On the 34th minute, Grizman’s through pass was fired, but headed in front of the goalkeeper. Finally, in the 74th minute, Messi’s forward pass, followed by Alba’s sharp cross, attempted to take a shot, but he shot in vain.

It wasn’t just the shooting that was inaccurate. Dembele’s pass success rate was 65.5%, which was the lowest among Barsa players. Except for him, none of the Barsa players did not exceed the 80% pass success rate. Even goalkeeper Mark-Andre Tair Stegen had a high pass rate of 88.2%.

At least Dembele was intimidating even if it moved. Grisman has not even exerted such influence in the attack. Sincerely joining the defense, he succeeded in tackling three times. Among them, PSG ace Kiliang Mbappe’s breakthrough was prevented in the 56th minute. Was. However, he only faithfully took part in the defense, and it was hard to find a face in the attack. The pass success rate was 84.6%, which was the level of a fairy compared to Dembele, but was the lowest after Dembele based on Barsa players.

Accordingly, the sports media’Squakka Football’ gave Grizman the lowest rating of 4 points among the players, and said, “Obviously, he defended well, but he did nothing in the attack except for one pass provided to Dembele (of course, luck. His move as a striker was absolutely messy, and Barsa probably didn’t pay 120 million euros (Grysman transfer fee, about 162.7 billion won) to sign the French-made Kuyt. “It was evaluated.

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However, their sluggishness is not all about the second game. Even in the first leg of the round of 16, Dembele had a decisive goal of scoring around the 28th minute, when Barsa was holding the lead 1-0, but was defeated by a weak shot facing the goalkeeper. Afterwards, Barsa was defeated by a bandwagon while allowing 4 runs. Even at the time, Grizzman couldn’t do anything like this in the offensive.

Of course, Messi also missed the penalty, but in the 36th minute he scored the goal with a fantastic mid-range shooting. It is Messi who scored the only goal with a penalty kick even in the first leg. What’s more, Messi has shown the team for a long time. On the other hand, Dembele and Grizzman have been suffering from continuous sluggishness since joining Barsa, giving fans only disappointment.

In the summer of 2017, Barsa acquired Dembele with an astronomical transfer fee of 153 million euros (approximately 183 billion Korean won), followed by Philippe Coutinho in January 2018 with 145 million euros (approximately 18.3 billion Korean won). And in the summer of 2019, he also recruited Grizzman and started a major attack reorganization. However, until now, none of them have been able to pay the ransom. If large-scale recruitment fails, it will inevitably be hit hard. Barçaida is deepening his worries from one to another.

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