Ernesto Valverde: Barcelona's Ongoing Disease is Tiki-taka

Barcelona are still in charge of Laliga on stage this season. Up to 4 million children Ernesto Valverde's house is still in 5th place with three points behind Sevilla, ranked top.

Still good performance, among others, related to Lionel Messi absent because of a calf muscle injury. Now this superstar is back. When 0-0 at home to Borussia Dortmund on the first day of the Champions League, La Pulga went down for about 30 minutes.

However, Ernesto Valverde has another diagnosis. Lionel Messi's absence is not in his opinion, the main cause of poor performance at Barcelona. Even worse is the team that is stuck on tiki-taka. They are most often the ball, but can not turn them into opportunities and goals.

"We do not have ball control that will be effective. We often control the ball, but not as strong as the opponent. This often happens in areas where we are more cruel, more vertical," said Ernesto Valverde as Football5Star.com city of El Pais.

The former Athletic Bilbao coach is not allergic to tiki-taka. However, he also stressed efficiency because the main goal was to win the match, not just show the ball and come and go. "Control the ball to translate into goals. That is what is currently unbalanced here," he said.
Beware of Granada

In particular, Ernesto Valverde highlighted the tendency of Tiki-taka to fall asleep when diving Barcelona away matches. This season, Barca have not won at home against. They lost 0-1 in Bilbao, drew 2-2 with Osasuna, and a goalless draw against Dortmund.

55-year-old coach hopes Lionel Messi et al. able to show changes in Granada when visiting the cage this weekend. He recalls having six Laliga away games won by Barcelona.

"Everything we do well in home games, just to mention an away match. We need to change that. We need to be more fierce and cruel," said Ernesto Valverde again.

Details of Granada, Ernesto Valverde warned against the families of children who are not visible in one eye. "This is a team that will not let you play. They always try to do unexpected things and as far as they are successful," he said.

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