Xavi was more of a coach than ever: Barça's necessary metamorphosis in the Clásico

For a trainer never is easy 'betray' his ideas and his philosophy of game. However, the history has left clear in a lot of occasions that the best trainers are those that, when it has touched to do it, have changed his approach and his style for the sake of the team. This Thursday in Santiago Bernabéu, Xavi Hernández has taken example of the biggest with a lesson in all rule to Carlo Ancelotti, that on not even seems to have darse# cuenta of what has occurred.

Without Robert Lewandowski; Ousmane Dembélé; Christensen, drop of last hour by injury, and especially Pedri, the footballer that gives sense to the game blaugrana, the míster of Terrassa had clear that his FC Barcelona had by in front a Classical different. Without which are perhaps the three more important players in attack of the plantel, the form to pose the duel of the Barça could not be the same that in the last Classical in the Supercopa or that the one of the of the past campaign.

By all this, Xavi has gone out to the Bernabéu to 'armour' to Marc-André ter Stegen supporting in the big defence that has, led especially by some imponentes Ronald Araújo and Jules Koundé. Both defenders have given a 'clínic' in the capital of Spain, desactivando completely to the two main 'arms' of the Madrid. Vinicius Jr, the merengue more dangerous, hardly has upset to the Catalan picture thanks to the Uruguayan, whereas Karim Benzema has 'been shipwrecked' against his compatriot, that has dominated from beginning to end.

 

'Cerrojazo' With high pressure of Xavi

From a defensive approach rockier and impenatrable of the normal, the Barcelona left him to the madridistas do. The technician did not have a lot of complexes in 'give him' the balloon to the whites, without renouncing this yes to the high pressure that so many and so many good results is giving him to the Barcelona. Thanks to this mordiente precisely arrived the start of the 0-1 (min. 25), after an error of Camavinga for seeing harassed by several rivals.

With this very valuable 0-1 in the 'butxaca', the Barça reassured even more if it fits and finished the first part having more the ball that in the first 25 minutes. The players knew to reflect to perfection the plan of party of his technician and 'portrayed' to a poor Real Madrid that went to the rest without having at least thrown to goal.

In the second half, the ones of Ancelotti dominated even more the spherical, but the majority of possessions were entirely barren. The Barça knew to hold wonderfully in defence and hardly suffered in front of the charged madridistas. Very enclosed, with a lot of helps and with big individual performances, like the already mentioned of Araújo and Koundé, but also others like the ones of Marcos Alonso, substitute of Christensen, Franck Kessié, key in the target of his, or Frenkie of Jong.

 

The Barcelona held solid backwards and even had the clearest opportunity of the second part to have put 0-2. Kessié Had it after a big played of Ferran Torres by the right, but an unlucky Ansu Fati took out almost under sticks the shot from the penalty spot of the coast-marfileño. The ball did not go in, but in this played the culés showed that in spite of not having the possession were much more lúcidos and alive that the Madrid.

Big Xavi and meritorio triumph of the Barça

The ones of Chamartín finish the Classical without doing an alone shot to door, an absolutely ridiculous data in spite of that from the 'Central Lechera' try 'cover it' speaking of 35% of balloon that had the Barça. The technical body barcelonista posed the crash like this and of this form competed as perhaps better could do with the painful drops that there was. By this reason it is necessary to say that the blaugrana played better that the Real, because in attack could not do more with less and in defence were of matrícula of honour.

Xavi already had won to the Madrid in the Supercopa and also humiliated them the course happened in the Bernabéu, but the victory of this Thursday can that have even more merit if it fits that those. Win without suffering in defence and doing a complete metamorphosis without the MVP of the staff, after a 'KO' tremendo in front of the United in Europe, and after falling in Almería losing advantage regarding the madridistas in League, is of team champion and of trainer of a lot of level.

 

Still lacking asestar the final hit in the turn, already with Pedri, Dembélé and Lewandowski. Anybody doubts that in this meeting the trainer egarense will not do an approach so 'amarrategui' as the one of this 0-1. The Barcelona will go out to win and to 'eat' to his eternal rival, and with these three available footballers what more will approach the triumph will be to have the ball and dominate. This is what comes doing the Barça always, but is well know that so much his míster like the plantel know to adapt to other situations if the occasion deserves it. Like this it is as they forge all the big teams.