Arthur remembers to Xavi

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The four shots of Arthur that remember to Xavi Hernández

Published:26/10/2018 - 23:36h

Updated:26/10/2018 - 23:36h

The comparisons are odiosas, but when one sees to play to Arthur in the FC Barcelona is complicated that it do not think in Xavi Hernández. In spite of that to the Brazilian remains him a lot of way for visiting, there are some his shots  that remember to the ex captain culé

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Like that of game and by his movements on the terrain of game, Arthur Melo remembers to Xavi Hernández. In spite of that the comparisons are odiosas, his form to drive the balloon and to do easy the complicated remember a lot to the midfield player of Terrassa, although logically to the Brazilian remains him a lot of route to equalise to the Catalan.

"I have admired a lot to Xavi and that compare me with him does me very happy. It was the constructor of the Barça", said the Brazilian does relatively little. The true is that it seems that Arthur to taken several shots of the game of the mythical ex captain of the FC Barcelona and that has a natural talent to take the control in the centre of the field. It remembers us to him by several reasons.

The ciuatro shots that Arthur has taken of Xavi

Protection of the balloon

If in something characterised the game of Xavi Hernández was by his skill for protecting the balloon and by the few balls that lost in the parties. Arthur also shares this characteristic, generating very few losses and being a player to the that is tremendously complicated to snatch him the balloon. These mythical twists of Xavi also are, somehow, imitated by the Brazilian.

Vision of game

The clairvoyance of Xavi Hrnández was another of his big skills. His vision of game and his Swiss precision to give the passes turned him into an excellent midfield player. Arthur is another of the players that, when has the balloon, telegraphy automatically the following played. His precision in the pass and his vision are excellent, in addition to this capacity of decision in microseconds.

Driving

The security that transmits Arthur when has the balloon also remembers a lot to the one of Xavi. The Brazilian no emborracha of balloon, but his drivings are precise and intelligent. Neither little neither too much: it is able to keep the calm and not giving the pass before hour. It keeps the possession and, when it sees clear the pass, delivers it.

Anticipation and theft

In spite of the big talent that has Arthur, his height and his corpulencia are not at all of the another world. Nevertheless, this does not avoid that it help in defensive tasks and that recover balloons, since his tactical perception is excellent. As it did Xavi, the Brazilian is able to anticipate to the played of the rival to recover the balloon, supliendo like this the fact that it was not a portento. It is good with balloon and without balloon.

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