Defeated Sevi! Five major issues of Barcelona: tactical concepts, on-site substitutions, lack of energy, etc.

"World Sports" wrote an article pointing out that although Barcelona coach Frick and his players have won the trust of the outside world in the past 16 months, Barcelona has exposed five major concerns in their away loss to Sevilla.

First of all, it is the lack of tactical concepts. Once a high-level defense line, which was once a sign of courage, became "naive" due to the lack of Inigor Martinez and was repeatedly exploited by opponents.

The second is the lack of energy. De Jong said after the game that the team was "fatigue" due to "7 games in 21 days", and Kubasi and Pedri also admitted "lack of intensity". With the injury of players such as Rafinia and Garvey, Frick's use of rotational players such as Casador has also raised questions.

Third, the coach's reaction seemed slow. Frick's decision this season seems to be less decisive than last season, and his on-the-spot adjustments are slower. Against Paris, he allowed Yamal, who had just recovered from injury to play for too long, causing the old injury to relapse; and in Sevilla, he did not change the situation of being completely passive in the first half until halftime.

Fourth, the opponent has learned how to restrain Barcelona. Whether it is using the gap behind the high-level defense line (Vallecano, Paris and Sevilla all scored goals with this method), or using high-intensity man-to-man to Pedri, De Jong and others in the midfield, the opponents are replicating the successful tactics.

Finally, suspicious punishment also became a problem. The article points out that Sevilla's two goals were derived from controversial penalty. VAR intervened to determine Araujo's penalty, but turned a blind eye to Conde's obvious foul before Sevilla scored his second goal. The referee rewarded Isaac Romero's "Salmon Leap" performance, reminding Barcelona players that they need to "cleverly" deal with the unfavorable situation on the court.