Who Broke Newcastle's Press and Marking — And How?

About this episode

This episode analyzes how Barcelona overcame Newcastle's effective press and marking during their Champions League match.

Hola Culers. Visca el Barça. Seven-two. Eight-three on aggregate. Barcelona are through to the Champions League quarter-finals. But here's the thing — for forty-five minutes at Camp Nou, Newcastle were good. Their press was working. Their marking was specific. Barça had sixty-five percent of the ball and were going absolutely nowhere with it. So what changed at half-time? Who broke Newcastle's press — and how? Find out in less than ten minutes, in this week's episode, 0:00 — Intro1:10 — The first half nobody remembers1:35 — How Newcastle's press actually worked4:28 — What Flick said at half-time6:00 — The moment it broke open7:10 — Why this matters for Atlético in April8:53 — Ending thoughts

People in this episode

Host: Dev Das

Topics covered

• Champions League
• Newcastle press
• Barcelona tactics
• football analysis
• match breakdown

Keywords

• Barcelona
• Newcastle
• press
• marking
• Champions League
• Flick
• tactics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barcelona, Newcastle, Atlético

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