This seems to be the structure picked by Koeman. Worked well lately.

Roberto w/ a hybrid positioning (back 3 & auxiliary mid), FDJ & Busi as main organizers, Dembélé & Alba providing width, Pedri & another attacking midfielder btwn the lines, a (false/real) center forward.

One of Pedri& #39;s skills is his capacity to find right spaces btwn the lines (behind the pivots). It& #39;s Alba& #39;s high positioning (attracts the rival RB) that enables him to do so from the LM position. W/ a forward (Fati) that makes runs & pushes back the CBs, even better, more spaces.

Barça& #39;s attacks tend towards the left side. Alba is often among top 3 players w/ most ball touches/passes in any given game. FDJ often goes there too. Messi plays more passes towards that side. Fati as LW became a focal point.

It seems to be a natural tendency... (next tweet)

Overloading the left & finishing on that crowded side : predictable (through balls for Alba) & inefficient.

Overloading then switching the play to Dembélé who stayed wide (see 1st tweet) and will have time & space to attack the left back in 1v1 (1st goal vs Juventus) : better https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏽" title="Thumbs up (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up (mittlerer Hautton)">