Marc Casado: Next La Masia Gem or Just Squad Depth?
Casado profiles as a deep-lying playmaker and box-to-box midfielder, mixing it up with great long distribution and a technical presence in pockets and between the lines
Casado profiles as a deep-lying playmaker and box-to-box midfielder, mixing it up with great long distribution and a technical presence in pockets and between the lines
Barcelona travel to Signal Iduna Park to face Borussia Dortmund, Hansi Flick's former rival, to chase a win that could be a huge step towards the Champions League knockout phase.
What exactly should Hansi Flick improve so that his Barcelona keep evolving as their opposition inevitably does the same?
Imanol Alguacil's men demonstrated that in contemporary football, sometimes the art of winning lies not in dominating the ball but in controlling spaces, transitions, and moments.
Hansi Flick's football is unique across Europe. But how sustainable is an approach that forces Barcelona into a game of Russian Roulette every week?