The adjust defensive of the Barça can be key for the Champions

It does hardly some days, Xavi Hernández reflexionaba on the nuances that the last trainers have contributed to the game of the FC Barcelona, and one of the ones of Ernesto Valverde is definitely the defensive solidity. The preparador extremeño gave back to the culés a consistency that in the last campaigns had been missing, and that after a start of irregular season, has gone back to appreciate with a mejoría in the recent parties.

For the first time in what it goes of course, the Catalans have chained four days of league without fitting, a series that follows opened and that began against the Villarreal (2-0), kept in front of RCD Espanyol (0-4) and Raise (0-5) and lengthened also in the visit of the Celtic of Vigo (2-0). They remain some weeks for the turn to the work, but the intention is that Marc-André Ter Stegen follow carrying joys.

After some months in which the news was the fragility backwards, at last have gone back the good feelings, and this has moved to the statistics. The centre of the field has stabilised and help more and better, Jordi Alba is still in full form, the couple Hammered-Lenglet has consolidated and also has done it a Nélson Semedo that has stepped forward. The result: More confidence, fewer occasions for the rivals and, obviously, less sobresaltos.

But of at all it will serve all the work if it does not keep in the time, and already there is an aim of maximum level in the horizon. The Barça wants to follow this way until the return of the Champions, where leave the goal to zero can cost his weight in gold. It is evident that remains a lot and that until February can have a change in the state of form, but the staff this accustomed to live in these heights of requirement.

In Europe already has begun the eliminatory phase, in which the duels decide by details like these. A goal against penalises too much, and more when the so many to domicile have double value in the possible ties. If the block keeps strong arrived the moment, the quality of the attackers will do the rest, explaining that this is a team marcadamente offensive but perfectly able to shine in defence.

The Barça of Valverde also follows fine-tuned of face to door

And it is that if looking to backwards this Barça leaves big feelings, a glimpse to forward even the improvement, since with Leo Messi like leader, the no lacking gunpowder in any of the commitments of the Barcelona. After the painful elimination of the Champions in the Olympic of Rome, the targets have been present in all and each one of his appointments, what has done that the group directed by Ernesto Valverde equalise a series of the period of Pep Guardiola.

They are already 34 consecutive parties annotating, a balance that went the marked maximum by the technician of Santpedor and that the current will put to proof in hardly some weeks, when it restart LaLiga in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, in a Day 18 that will put to the culés expensive to face with the Getafe. The machine is very greased, and has to be still working.