Barcelona without Yamal still has obvious advantages when facing Newcastle

When the three La Liga teams lost to the Premier League in the first round of the Champions League, Barcelona also gave more highlights to the away game against Newcastle. However, for Barcelona, ​​Newcastle is not a terrible opponent. After all, their defense is relatively stupid. Facing Barcelona's frontcourt transfers and offensive and defensive conversion rhythm, a lot of space will be exposed.

Although Yamal is absent, Barcelona's offense is more dependent on Pedri to initiate. Yamal's role is more about the acceleration of the iron barrel array and the offense and defense conversion. Newcastle is at home and the possibility of directly placing a bus is not very high.

Unsure whether Barcelona will let Lewandowski start or use Ferran. If Lewandowski starts, Ferran will have a great threat as a backup. You can seize those opportunities to drill the ribs.

And there is another advantage of letting Lewand start, that is, Rafinia can release greater energy, especially considering Yamal's absence, Lewand can provide some connection between direct passes and retracement during offense and defense conversion, allowing Rafinia to be liberated, which is more conducive to his performance.

What Barcelona needs to pay attention to is that Newcastle will always take a high ball. The team's control over two points requires midfielders to pay more attention to protection.

In addition, Barcelona coach Frick seems to plan to let Araujo partner Christensen serve as the starting center back. This is also the central defender combination with the best ability to fight against Barcelona at present, increasing the ability to fight the defense line as much as possible to withstand the impact of the Newcastle striker.

After all, the terrible thing about Newcastle is not just their center, but more of the plug in the back row. Whether in a sports battle, corner kicks, free kicks in the middle and backcourt, or even sideline ball attacks, Newcastle central defenders also have a certain impact when forward pressure.

But for Barcelona, ​​they may be happy to see their opponents do this, because it also means that Barcelona has more opportunities to fight back. After all, Flick's team has unique advantages in accelerating offense and defensive conversion, which is likely to make Newcastle defeated.

Another highlight is whether Rashford can score goals. After all, as a Premier League team, Newcastle will make Rashford feel more familiar.

If the backhand has a chance to counterattack, the backcourt that they easily disperse will also be a good opportunity for Rashford. In short, Barcelona still has a great chance of winning. Even without Yamal, you should still be cautiously optimistic.