#4 Borussia’s complacency
Considering Barcelona’s recent poor form and their three consecutive draws, the visiting side should have worked harder to get the home side off their game. For all their dominating possession and intricate passing, Barcelona did not really register too many direct shots on goal in the first half barring Messi’s goal. Instead of taking complete advantage of their opposition’s relative impotency, Borussia was more than happy to let them run the show.
The same thing continued in the second half. Shubert’s side refused to press Messi and company as they ran circles around their players and box making it no wonder they scored a total of four goals in their final fixture of the group stages.
Edited by Staff Editor