Xavi Hernández abandoned the FC Barcelona does two seasons and, since, can not say that the Barcelona group have found to a clear substitute that exert the role that carried out the one of Terrassa.
Xavi Hernández, legend of the FC Barcelona, formed beside Sergio Busquets and Andrés Iniesta the best centre of the field of the world and can that of the history, turning into the central axis of the successes harvested by the Barça during years.
Since it is not, however, the possession of balloon of the FC Barcelona has gone going down in hammered, in a downward trend that has caused that the Barça no longer control the parties as it did it before, under the protect of the "Barcelona" compass.
The FC Barcelona loses possession of balloon
The first year of Luis Enrique -the one of the triplete-, with Xavi Hernández in the staff, the possession of the FC Barcelona was of 68%. The second season, already without Xavi, went of 67,6% and this third is being it of 64,5%, what leaves clear that the Barça is losing the control of the parties.
It fits to remember that, according to the data contributed by "Sport", during the last season of Guardiola in the bench and the only of Tito Vilanova the possession of the balloon kept around 70% (70,3 with Pep and 69,7 with Tito).
With Gerardo Martino and Luis Enrique, however, sand has lost this capacity to dominate the parties from beginning to end, so much by the wear of the centre of the basic field as like that of game more vertical of these two last technicians. What is clear, however, is that the Barça has not been able to find still to a handle that act like substitute of Xavi.