Jemez: Barcelona forced to change style due to Raphinha and Dembele

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·7 September 2022

Jemez: Barcelona forced to change style due to Raphinha and Dembele

Former Rayo Vallecano coach Paco Jemez says Barcelona are having to change their style this season.

And Jemez insists Robert Lewandowski isn't the prime reason for the move away from tiki taka.

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He told Radio Marca: "I don't think it's so much because of Lewandowski about the style issue.

"There are other players who have a different genetics than Barça: Dembélé and Rapinha are for running. When you have Dembélé, what are you going to do?

"Hit the ball to the foot? No, you give it to him to face and run. The goals in Seville, almost all of them, come from counterattacks, from stealing and going out."