They started well, went a long time without even letting in a goal but then he started all the rotation and it's costing them.
They have played less than impressive and eye catching football.
Perhaps teams have "found them out" Enrique has done next to nothing to show he can change the system and impose his own style. It's still a combination of Martino's football of a broken tiki-taka style with individual brilliance of the front 3 disguising the flaws.
He lacks bottle too and seems to be reluctant to drop Xavi even though he is well past it now, he brought in Rakitic to cover that role yet has used him sparringly and has preferred Xavi in the "big" games.
One that gets me though is the persistance of not just Enrique but Pep, Martino and Tito using Mascherano as a center back. The man is a monster in the dm role and showed as much during the WC, perhaps it's the pressure and expectation of playing the Barca developed Busquets ahead of him akin to the Xavi/Rakitic scenario.
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