{"id":1127214,"date":"2020-01-25T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T20:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1127214"},"modified":"2020-01-25T20:28:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T20:28:11","slug":"setien-barcelona-senseless-passing-valencia-defeat","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/setien-barcelona-senseless-passing-valencia-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Quique Setien says his Barcelona players &#8220;still don&#8217;t understand&#8221; his ways after Valencia defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Barcelona manager Quique Setien accused his players of passing for the sake of it following their 2-0 defeat at Valencia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defending Spanish champions suffered their fourth league defeat this season and first under new boss Setien who succeeded the much-maligned Ernesto Valverde.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Valencia 2-0 Barcelona in numbers\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Possession:<\/strong> Valencia 26%-74% Barcelona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shots:<\/strong> Valencia 8-14 Barcelona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Touches:<\/strong> Valencia 444-1,009 Barcelona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attempted passes:<\/strong> Valencia 297-867 Barcelona<\/li>\n<li>This was Quique Setien&#8217;s first defeat as Bar\u00e7a manager, in his third game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7480587\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a thoroughly dominated the game; Setien&#8217;s men controlled 74% possession whilst attempting 867 passes compared to Valencia&#8217;s 297, they also had 14 shots to the hosts&#8217; eight but it wasn&#8217;t enough to leave the Mestalla with a result.<\/p>\n<p>Maxi G\u00f3mez, who missed a penalty early in the game, struck twice in the second half and former Arsenal defender Gabriel Paulista had a goal disallowed for a push on Sergio Busquets following a corner.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first real setback under Setien who oversaw a 1-0 debut win over 10-man Granada, after Valverde had been relieved of his duties after losing to Atletico Madrid in the recent Spanish Super Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid, level on points with Barcelona, can assume the lead of the championship if they avoid defeat against Real Valladolid on Sunday. But as the post-mortem of this loss begins Setien feels his men are not yet in tune to what he demands.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018Almiro\u0301n?!\u2019 Newcastle fans quizzed w\/Sophie Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIk5w5B5mVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The truth is we were not very good,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7929301\/Barcelona-boss-Quique-Setien-claims-players-not-comprehend-tactics-defeat-Valencia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Especially in the first half. We could not find a way to break them down. There were things that we have not understood properly and Valencia took advantage of our errors.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was not an attitude problem. We were not well positioned. We played a lot of passes without any sense to them, just for the sake of playing them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are still not understanding things or perhaps we are not explaining them well.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona manager Quique Setien accused his players of passing for the sake of it following their 2-0 defeat at Valencia. The defending Spanish champions suffered their fourth league defeat this season and first under new boss Setien who succeeded the much-maligned Ernesto Valverde. 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