"Osasuna arrived at the Spotify Camp Nou with a clear plan in mind - to play a deep defensive line that frustrated Hansi Flick's potent attack to no end. The visitors, thus, played a back line of three centre-backs and two full-backs who seemingly settled just in front of the goal. Further, they deployed two defensive midfielders right in front of the five-man setup."
"Hansi Flick approached the game against Osasuna with a unique plan in mind - one that theoretically allowed him to play four of his biggest stars in tandem. The idea was to drop Fermin Lopez from the number 10 role and deploy Raphinha in that central position to play behind the striker. Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford, meanwhile, started on the two flanks."
Osasuna set up a deep five-man defensive block with three centre-backs, two full-backs and two defensive midfielders, sitting just in front of the goal to frustrate Barcelona. Barcelona struggled to create openings and the forward line lacked fluidity after Hansi Flick shifted Raphinha into a central number 10 role while Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford operated wide. Raphinha was less involved than usual and the team lost some counter-attacking threat. Raphinha scored a 70th-minute long-range goal and later capitalised on an Osasuna error to complete a brace and secure a 2-0 win. Marcus Rashford and Ferran had mostly disappointing nights. Flick will likely reconsider the experiment.
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