Xavi Hernández durante una sesión de entrenamiento

THE PRE-SEASON, KEY FOR BARÇA

The two 'problems' of Barça that Xavi hopes to solve

Published:24/07/2023 - 23:47h

Updated:25/07/2023 - 09:27h

The FC Barcelona has not been able to 'debut' in his pre-season, but the objectives are very clear. In addition to getting the pieces of the puzzle to fit, Xavi Hernández will seek to solve two 'problems' that the current squad has

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The FC Barcelona is to the doors to begin, of official way, his pre-season 2023-2024. It has seen retarded despues that they suspended the friendly against the Juventus, by a virus estomacal of the staff, but the ones of Xavi Hernández already are back to give start to one turns by United States that it can be key so that the trainer egarense look for solutions to two of the big 'problems' that has his staff: the fault of a goleador, in addition to Robert Lewandowski, and a player that 'specialise' in launching direct faults.

They are the two big problems that, for the moment, the staff technical identifies before the start of the 2023-2024. The intention is that the parties against Arsenal, Real Madrid and AC Milan serve so that they begin to include alternative and 'remedies' to these two points. It is worth it to remember that, during the past season, to the Barça resisted him more than the account the goal. Even Lewandowski, in the second turn of LaLiga, saw very 'prejudiced' of the drought of the Barcelona, although it finish the course with positive registers.

A new goleador, the big priority

The Pole finish the season with 33 targets between all the competitions. They are figures that speak of his level goleador... But that leave very 'bad' to the rest of his mates. And it is that, if they add the goals of Raphinha (10), Ansu Fati (10) and Ousmane Dembélé (8), are not sufficient to equalise the registers of the ex of the Bayern of Munich. It is thus that one of the big priorities of Xavi is to find the ideal form that the responsibility of face to the rival goal no recaiga only in the '9'. It is unfeasible to sign two seasons under these conditions.

It is clear that the trainer will have the 'support' of the midfield players and that, for example, with Ilkay Gündogan can increase the quantity of annotations, but his aim is that one of the extremes of the Barça was able to step advance and destape like goleador. It is necessary, especially because Vitor Roque will not land in the City Condal until 2024. Until then, they will have to 'fix them' with what there is.

Without goals of direct fault from 2021

As it remembers 'Sportive World', the Barcelona group has not been able to annotate a goal from direct fault from 2 May 2021, when Lionel Messi 'drilled' the goal of Valencia in a party of League. Since, they have happened more than two years and there has not been some player that can 'fill' the gap that left the Argentinian in these actions to unemployed balloon.

They have tried it Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Ferran Torres and the result always has been the same. Bad fortune or technical, Xavi sees paramount pulir this appearance before it begin the season. The Brazilian attacker part like alternative more positive, but it will be necessary to work hard so that all 'recover' the confidence and are able to impose from a launching of direct fault.

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