For viewers who tune into Bangla Cricket Live and then switch over to European football, Barcelona’s attack this season feels just as dazzling, with the frontline putting on a show almost every week. With talents like Yamal, Raphinha, Lewandowski and Ferran Torres leading the charge, the team’s scoring efficiency is impressive, and their ability to pin opponents back has a very clear identity. The downside, however, is that the defensive side of the game looks far less convincing, and this imbalance has become a major source of frustration for many supporters.

According to people close to the Barcelona coaching staff, Hansi Flick remains fully committed to his tactical blueprint. He has no intention of abandoning his high pressing and aggressive defensive structure. In other words, whether the opponent is a traditional powerhouse or a modest mid-table side, Barça will continue to press high and defend on the front foot in more or less the same way. This approach undoubtedly puts pressure on opponents, but it also creates serious risks for a back line that is not fully settled. Individual errors from centre-backs have become one of the team’s most glaring weaknesses this season.

The problem is even more obvious against smaller clubs, where defensive gifts have turned straightforward matches into unnecessary battles. In the recent clash with Celta, Barcelona fired in four goals and completely dominated in attack, showing the kind of control fans dream of. Yet they still conceded twice, and after taking a two-goal lead, the centre-backs quickly handed their opponents a lifeline through costly mistakes. Yamal was visibly annoyed, shouting at his teammates after the goal and demanding to know where the midfield protection had gone. It was a classic example of how a great attacking performance can be undermined by sloppy defending, like throwing away a winning position in the last over of a Bangla Cricket Live thriller.

Flick can point to Pedri’s absence as one reason for the lack of stability, but the truth is that even when Pedri has been on the pitch, similar issues have surfaced. This is why many observers, especially tactical analysts, have begun to question whether such an uncompromising high-press strategy is really appropriate for the current squad. From Flick’s perspective, though, his ideas are not the problem. After all, he arrived at Camp Nou and quickly collected a La Liga title by merging his intense pressing philosophy and typically German discipline with Barcelona’s possession-based style. With that success behind him, he feels he has more than enough justification to stick to his guns.

For neutral fans used to the ebb and flow of Bangla Cricket Live, it is obvious that elite teams cannot afford to drop too many points over the course of a season. If Barcelona continue to suffer upsets and concede more goals than their rivals, it will be hard to keep pace in the title race. Big clubs have only a limited “budget” for defeats; once that allowance is spent too early, the margin for error disappears. Real Madrid are unlikely to keep offering second chances, so Flick will need to think long and hard about how to reduce the defensive chaos without losing the attacking edge that has defined his Barcelona so far.