The Lionel Messi scene during his
change against Levante on Sunday forms an early indication that Gerardo Martino
Tata, the new coach of Barcelona, does not feel any degree of discomfort from
taking bold decisions.
Argentine coach aged 50 years
arrived to Barcelona and he was from a fan in a possession of the ball and said
all he wants is to restore amended intense pressure on competitors in the
attacking third.
It also seemed to some small
changes to the system performance of the team and clear in yesterday's match
which was won by 7 - zero at home to Levante, especially in how to deal with
Messi the best player in the world and Cesc Fabregas and newcomer Neymar.
Messi has been replaced without
getting hurt after 70 minutes but the result was referring to the Barcelona 6 -
zero, something did not happen during the previous two coaches Pep Guardiola
and Tito Vilanova. The last time of the replacement Messi without being injured
was in 2010.
Martino said "I talked to
Messi on this thing. Season is too long and has a lot of games, the player is
intelligent and absorbing that it is necessary to do so."
He added "In any game fairly
balanced No one can replace him ... but it was important to care and maintain
fitness."
But the overwhelming victory on
the weak Levante Save some pointers on how it sounds Barcelona under the
leadership of Martino. And it will face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the
Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday and it will be more informative about what will
be.
While Log in to Levante modest
adjustments to the squad and in accordance with a modest budget Atletico has a
stable lineup ended last season in third place and won the Spanish league Real
Madrid 2-1 in the King's Cup final at the Bernabeu stadium in May.
The team won which coached by
Diego Simeone Sevilla 3-1 in the first game of the season on Sunday.
It is certain that Messi plays
from the start on Wednesday, but the rest of the options in front of the coach
may remain less clear.
Guardiola and Villanova could not
find a solution to the issue of the integration of talents such as Fabregas,
who made a great performance in front of Levante in the team as a key element.
Martino began with Fabregas in
midfield and push him towards the center of Messi when he replaced the
Argentine and pushed Andres Iniesta as an alternative, a distinctive type of
rotation, which can prove his effectiveness throughout the season.
In an attempt to ease the
pressure on Neymar bound for the team for 57 million euros (76 million dollars)
to pay the Brazilian was the Argentine coach of 21 years of age in the last
half an hour while fumbles youngster steps in Spain.
Martino said "there is no
type of haste. He needed more time."
Atletico win over Sevilla where
the rivalry between the two teams being on the seats qualifying for the
Champions League led to direct questions to Simeone about his team's ability to
compete on the first or second place in the league.
Simeone said on Sunday, "Of
course not. Barcelona and Real Madrid are playing in a different league. It is boring Championships. We should wait
until we get to league revenue neutral in terms of television because it at the
present time, the limited competition between the two teams only."
And Real and Barcelona harvested
nearly half of the total TV revenues in the league through the deals being
negotiated individually a topic of great interest in Spain, where you press the
other team 18 to reach a collective agreement be fairer.
For this reason, Super Cup chance seems for
Atletico to win the title rather than a chance to Barcelona.
Atletico is aware that the
competition for the title or reach the Champions League final is a dream
far-fetched, but the King's Cup and Super Cup, which comes at the beginning of
the season looks much easier tournaments in the face of big clubs that are
interested more major trophies.
After the team won the European
club trophy in 2010 and 2012 Atletico snapped up the European Super Cup at the
expense of rival’s winners of the Champions League and two Inter Milan and
Chelsea respectively.
Atletico beat Inter Milan 2 -
zero and Chelsea 4-1 but the only difference for the Spanish Super Cup is set
up by the system of coming and going as the Barcelona seems more aware of the
nature of Atletico.
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