https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2021/9/28/22697977/barcelona-levante-tactical-analysis

dest had plenty of freedom up front, lots of support from Gavi going inside to play basically a right midfielder role and a double pivot to help protect him and the team was planning to overload the left side on attack.

basically, he's good if you use him well and koeman really hasnt. tbf to Koeman, part of the problem is Alba + Dest is two attacking fullbacks, where barca was always strongest with one attacker and one more defensive fullback who occasionally attacked (Alves/Abidal pairing was the best i've seen of this). Alba in his prime could pull off both, especially with the threat of messi changing the other team's shape around him but right now, all the fullbacks are better when they're attacking except minqueza (much like puyol when he played out of position sometimes). maybe balde and dest can learn to do both, but dest is definitely not that yet.


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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia