Should there really be a preview of the Arsenal vs Barcelona game at all?”
A Champions League quarter-final clash between Arsenal and Barcelona is sure to whet the appetite of every football fan. Two teams whose principle philosophies are based on technical ability and whose style of play most closely follows Rinus Michels’ ideal of ‘total football’. ‘Total Football’ Experience Total football, for those who have never heard the term, is a style of play that requires players to move and swap positions around the pitch. If a player leaves his position, it is occupied by another player allowing the team to play a much more fluent game. Arsenal and Barcelona are two of the teams most renowned for employing this tactical philosophy. And seeing the two of them pit their skills against one another should be quite a spectacle – the Premier League’s top scorers verses the ‘Champions of Europe’. The Tactics Both these teams, by employing total football, focus heavily on attack. Both try to press their opponents high up the pitch and look to drag defenders out of positi
