Xavi confronts his first paradox: play with extremes without extremes

"You will see extreme. I want to play with open extremes". Words that Xavi Hernández mentioned the day of his presentation, which will mean his first paradox like technician of the FC Barcelona. How play without extremes without having them. Be a "fundamentalist", as it described him Cazorla, of the system or adapt to the human capital.

This represents one of the first situations that will be able to to proof to the new trainer of the first Barcelona team then , without Ousmane Dembélé in the team, the Barça does not have any pure extreme. Neither it will be Ansu Fati, that could play in this position although it is not a specialist.

Xavi will have reduced options to play with extremes. Sergiño Dest And Alejandro Balde have played already in this position this season, but are players little effective in the one against one; only they can desbordar by speed and therefore have gone delaying his position with the years. Basically, they are lateral.

Account in the filial with the Moroccan of Beni Melal, Abde (17 years), and to Ilias Akhomach, 17 years and been born in Hostalets of Pierola, that is one of which more likes to the technician egarense and works with the first team, although it is an incógnita. Also like last option has to Yusuf Demir. The Austrian, left-handed enclosed, played like false right extreme to principle of season, but disappeared of the team after resulting unimportant.

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The Barça descontroló in the two last parties by LaLiga that finished with Abde and Balde in the extremes. Against the Alavés empató and against the Celtic lost the thread of the party. No owing to the youngsters. Sergi abused with the inclusion of boys in the team. By his part, Xavi will have to measure if be faithful to his ideas and range to the extremes is a good idea when, in this moment, the Barça plays better with four means like Busquets, Of Jong, Nico and Gavi.

However, it would not be odd that by more than the egarense want to range to open players to the band, the day of the derbi was something more conservative and bet by something that already have done Koeman and Luis Enrique, displace to Gavi to the right and try take out the party advance with four or five players in the half and Memphis in the forward.