Xavi in the bench of the Barça during the derbi against the Espanyol

A LOT TO IMPROVE

Xavi will need more than magic to get Barça back

Published:21/11/2021 - 00:57h

Updated:21/11/2021 - 00:57h

Xavi Hernández's Barça has started winning, but with many urgencies to be resolved ... The outlook is not easy and the work will be too much

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The FC Barcelona always plays with fire. It happened with Ernesto Valverde, Quique Setién, Ronald Koeman, in the three parties of Sergi Barjuán and also in the debut of Xavi Hernández in the benches that, further of the victory (importantísima for scalar positions), went more than the same of a Barça that usually initiates very well his parties, but that finishes sinking when the rival begins to propose. In some days reaches him to carry the result, as against the Espanyol, but other times finishes burning.

It would be unfair to do an analysis of what is or can be the Barça of Xavi based in a party, but yes are many the points that it is necessary to stand out of a team to the that costs him, maybe too much, compete the ninety minutes. The Barcelona picture, against the Espanyol and from does some time, always shows two very distinct faces. One in the attack and another when it touches him defend the played of the rival. And what different are... In the forward, where better is the team, there are too many appearances for resolving, therefore to arrive, arrive and arrive but not annotating.

"Already we will attack better" said Xavi in press conference and is a reality. The drops play in his against, is true, and surely when they are available Ansu Fati and Ousmane Dembélé the situation improve considerably, but by in front is a work grandísimo to do believe to the players that yes can go back to mark two, three or four goals by party. Memphis Is 'enchufado' and with confidence after his three so many with Low Countries, and this it is necessary to take advantage of it. Players like Akhomach and Abde, two players of the filial that already showed that they can ilusionar, can be two key pieces of face to the Barcelona recovery.

However, the panorama keeps on being complicated and are many the points to touch. The defensive work keeps on being the heel of Achilles of the Barça and the fault of concentration a constant. Raúl of Tomás did party those that times wanted by the band and forgave too much. Mingueza, as it happened with Vinícius, could not read neither brake to 'RdT' and, with Hammered, lived a second part in which they suffered more than the expected. It is true that Xavi wants to avoid these situations with the recovery after loss, that was very effective in the first part and left the feeling that all went directed, but in the second part the history was totally distinct.

To Xavi will do him fault more than magic to recover the best version of the Barça, but a victory always is important to start with the cycles. The subject anímico is, to this point, so important like the sportive, the tactics, the positional game... The trainer egarense has received to a team sunk, does not be necessary to forget, that 'break' easily and to the that costs him impose when the rival has win to challenge them. The end in the Camp Nou was dramatic, traumatic and with suspense... Because the Barça could not answer to the rival pressure. And that is one of the biggest problems.

There is not 'effect Xavi' without work

After all the 'hype' of the signing and of an effect that felt some that could be immediate, the realism has gone back to do presence in the Barcelona picture. The work, the changes, the order and the intention to attain something more than what is doing at present have to prevail. Xavi does not have a magic wand to finish with all the lagoons of the Barça overnight. It is a process and requires time. It touches arremangarse, go up to the ship and row... Because the way can be quite complicated, but can have a safe port.

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