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COACH'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY

The story is just beginning! The roller coaster of Xavi's first year at Barça

Published:20/11/2022 - 19:54h

Updated:21/11/2022 - 19:43h

This November 20 marks one year since Xavi Hernández's debut on the FC Barcelona bench, in which he achieved a 1-0 victory against RCD Espanyol. History, since then, has changed a lot.

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It does a year seated Xavi Hernández for the first time in the bench of the FC Barcelona to direct to the team of his life. It arrived in the most critical moment of the history of the blaugrana after the exit of Ronald Koeman by the rear door. The egarense rescued a team 'broken' and without soul, in which it was missing of everything, but especially the illusion.

In this opportunity, against the RCD Espanyol, the Barça did not sign his best party neither showed something 'different', but was sufficient to carry some three points of gold to recover the confidence. After the party, said that "we already will play better, have a lot of things that understand still", standing out that "to whiles have seen a good Barça. I think that we have not understood how attack the spaces in the correct moment. It was a good day to hammer the extremes and play with the interiors in second line".

The way has been complicated and full of altibajos, as the one who recovers a car in ruins and has to go little by little to fix all his pieces and, especially, fit with 'solvency'. Since, it has lived an authentic revolution in a year, that has seemed a century. Signings, exits, controversial and a new was implemented so that the Barça could go out to reflote.

Although it is true in the season happened did not reach to achieve titles, yes that they seeded the new bases of the team so that it began a new project in this season. This has included new signings, new ideas and, especially, infinite confidence to a technician that does not renounce to his ideas.

Faithful to his game

Xavi Hernández has left clear that it is a trainer that does not negotiate his style and that always looks for the best version of his in the terrain of game. It is convinced that the offensive game and the possession of the balloon are the two keys for his teams. In the To the-Sadd was like this and in the Barça has retorted it, although it has showed that knows to adapt to the difficulties and different contexts of the parties.

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