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Xavi, with few changes and late: This is the technician's field management

Published:28/11/2021 - 20:16h

Updated:29/11/2021 - 00:49h

In two of Xavi Hernández's three games at Barça, the Egarense coach has made very few changes in the games and in the majority, when the game enters its final stretch

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Xavi Hernández has achieved the victory in two of his first three parties to the control of the bench of the FC Barcelona. To the egarense has him 'entrusted' the mission that the Barcelona picture recover his essence, identity and also save a season that has begun of way very irregular. With the happen of the weeks, has implemented some changes and has been conditioned by the injuries and low, but little by little has 'defined' who are his men of confidence in the team.

The one of Terrassa has gone retouching the approach, happening of the 4-3-3 to the 3-4-3, but have played always the same, especially in the centre of the field, with the variations in the defence and putting what can in the forward, put the drops are too many. However, if there is something resaltante of his first three parties is that it does very few changes during the clashes and in two of them has not exhausted the replacements, although in all the team has finished suffering.

It was in his debut, against the Espanyol, when it exhausted the changes, mainly by the injuries of his players. Against the Benfica in Champions League and the Villarreal, this weekend, has made three and all after the hour of party. In fact, in both parties Ousmane Dembélé has gone in in the minute 66 and the following have produced in the following minutes. It is a reality that, in normal conditions, 'Dembouz' would be an indisputable headline, but there is a lot of fear with his physical state and fragility after the injuries, because it has confirmed (to spare) that recae of the same with a lot of ease.

The case is that Xavi has very clear what want to and has showed not being very 'fan' of the changes to his initial approach, further of the retouchings that can do during the party in the position of the players in the field. Against the Villarreal, for example, advanced to Eric García a bit because in the right side was suffering, more than the account, with Moi Gómez. Further of this, implemented the change of Mingueza by Jordi Alba, in front of the injury of the left side and ingresó to Coutinho to ten minutes of the end to give him rest to Nico González.

Lacking of confidence in the acting?

It is true that still is very soon for analysis of who plays more or reason, but has been curious how Dembélé has been the only that has repeated like change in the two parties in which it has been available. Coutinho Played against the Espanyol and in The Ceramics, but no in front of the Benfica. Of rest, any player has 'repeated' with Xavi Hernández. It is evident that, in this period, has been testing what is better for the team and, depending on what was happening, try do the suitable modifications.

The case is that players like Riqui Puig (only played 12 minutes against the Espanyol, by the injury of Busquets) go back to be discussed because it is not a subject of trainer. Before it said that it did not play because to Ronald Koeman did not like him, but in the first weeks of Xavi in the bench has repeated the same history. The same the case of other 'descartes' as Umtiti or Lenglet (further of his surprising titularity in front of the Benfica).

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