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But it's obviously OK for Barca to bore teams and spectators to death witht their "tiki-taka-never-risk-losing-the-ball-tactics".

Depends how you view football

Rose tinted Spanish glasses?

No no not really van.
Just like to see teams try to keep possession instead of hoofing it or playing very direct. Each to their own and all that. Pass and move or move and pass whichever way you see it

I like the possession bit, but the thing I don't like is that they sometimes never even try a through ball, a dribble or a shot.

They instead just seem to pass it around sideways without an obvious aim for it.

If there is an end product within say 10-60 seconds from passing about, then OK. But 90 minutes of boooring side way passes doesn't make it into entertainment. As eventful as watching the rain poor down IMO.

Lol fair enough but there's more than one way to skin a cat. I think if you can defend very well you can afford to dribble shoot and play a through ball. In bar as case though. They need to keep the ball because that's their strengths

Haha. Might be so.

But I've read a lot about their defending tactics. They are not that good at defending deep (short players), but what they are doing is defend high and press the fack out of their opposition.

They are the team that has the best stats at retrieving the ball in the final third.

Knowing that, you would perhaps expect them to risk losing the ball a bit more often while trying to finish into the net.

But as you say: It's their style of play.

I'm more a fan of the Dortmund and "old" Bayern way of play. Press high, counter attack whenever you can and finish off rapidly into the net.

It's more interesting to watch that kind of footie IMO. But each to their own of course!