In this start of season, Xavi Hernández has trusted fundamentally in three players: Marc-André ter Stegen, IIkay Gündogan and Gavi. These three footballers, indispensable for the technician of Terrasa, have surpassed the barrier of the 1000 minutes contested in this start of campaign. The German and the sevillano are the players of field that more minutes have played, data that explains the importance of both for the team. The exjugador and captain of the Manchester City has participated in 14 official parties with the Barça (11 of League and 3 of Champions) where has added a total of 1.181 minutes, whereas the one of The Palaces has added a total of 10001 minutes in the 13 parties that has played this season. The 6 of the Barça only has lost the party of Champions in front of the Shakhtar Donetsk.
The defeat in front of the eternal rival left some positive notes. Gavi And Gündogan were definitely one of them. Both players stood out above the rest and gave a 'master class' of as dominate the centre of the field and attack the weaknesses of the rival. The cantero Barcelona of 19 years showed a personality and a leadership that explain the why is one of the leaders of a changing room that combines young talent with experience. The mediocampista blaugrana made a defensive work centred in the figure of Jude Bellingham, the big star of the white group. The English was disappeared during the greater part of the meeting, which explains how of well was organised defensivamente the team. The player of the Spanish Selection was one of the leaders in the defensive appearance, since it was the player that more balloons recovered (9) and more duels won (10). "Defensivamente His function was to recover balloons and be aggressive. We have controlled very well to the Madrid. They have generated us very little", dijó the trainer of the Barcelona after the party.
Gündogan, a necessary signing
Gündogan Is being one of the most used players by Xavi Hernández. The Catalan technician account in staff with a footballer that can play in several positions. In the Classical marked his first goal like Barcelona exerting the function of mediocentro defensive. It needed so only six minutes to première in front of his fans. The German resolved to perfection some of the problems that was having the picture blaugrana in previous parties. The presence of the exjugador of the Borussia Dortmund was fundamental to have more control of balloon, fluidity in the exit of balloon in front of a strong pressure of the rival and more danger in attack. In front of the plague of injuries that crosses the team, Gündogan has erigido like one of the leaders of the changing room so much inside as out of the changing rooms. It has turned into a main footballer for Xavi (comes to achieve the triplete with the Manchester City), that always has stood out his winning mentality and the rapidity with understands it the game.