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#4 Barcelona turn the heat up in the second half
The game yesterday was a great example of how football is truly a game of two halves. In the second half, Ernesto Valverde's gentle tweak worked effectively. To overcome the difficulties of the physical pressure Barcelona needed more manpower.
Kevin-Prince Boateng was taken off for Luis Suarez in the 60th minute. Suarez's involvement was different from Boateng and his movement around the defence caused positional problems. He helped Messi get unmarked at times, thanks to the dangerous presence that he is.
Philippe Coutinho's introduction 10 minutes later proved to be a good move too. Coutinho had a lively game making good diagonal runs and overlaps catching the defence out of position. Sergio Busquets too pushed up with Pique defending the hole and at times, even he went forward to attack, thus creating an extra man for Valladolid to mark.
Barcelona were unlucky and at the same time horrific with their finishing, which led to the scoreline being stuck at 1-0. Not the most convincing of performances but Barcelona sure stepped up to what was in front of them- a solid defence.
