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Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund: Tactical Analysis

After Barcelona’s narrow 2-1 win at Butarque, the Catalan giants welcome Borussia Dortmund to Camp Nou for the fifth Champions League match of the season. It won’t be an easy 90 minutes of play for Ernesto Valverde’s men, but if they manage to clinch a win they will automatically advance to the next round of the competition.

Three key factors to take into account when facing Bundesliga’s 2018/2019 runners up:

The German side are known to play with a very high defensive line meaning they come out to press high and outnumber their opponents in the first half.