I love tiki-taka.

Movement, one touch, anticipation, awareness, intelligence, control, vision, technical abilities, skill .. after all, these are real qualities any good footballer will possess.

You can have the size, the pace, the strength and the body but IMO, they aren't everything.

Chelsea used the defensive method by drawing Barcelona into their box and hitting them on the break.

Real Madrid .. well in the past, they tried to kick, push, shove, elbow, give Barcelona a really hard time by playing rough to put Barcelona off their game.

Netherlands, easily one of the better footballing sides, changed to the Madrid way to combat Spain in the World Cup final.


In my opinion, there isn't a specific way to stop possession football because well, you are not exactly stopping them from playing football. You do however, increase your chances of preventing them from scoring via the defensive method.

It however, surprises Barcelona/Spain if you actually attack them, rather than draw them in. Like Arsenal did.

Barcelona? In four years ...

3 La Liga
2 Champions Leagues
2 Copa Del Reys
2 European Super Cups
2 Club World Cups
2 Supercopa de España

Spain?

Euro 2008
World Cup 2010



This post has been edited by Adryan: May 27 2012, 04:43 PM