Xavi Hernández giving instructions from the bench

BARÇA OUTSTANDED BEFORE BETIS

Goodbye to the four media? Xavi's best Barça returned with three forwards

Published:17/09/2023 - 09:43h

Updated:17/09/2023 - 14:48h

FC Barcelona's rout against Betis (5-0) gives Xavi Hernández arguments to dispense with the scheme with four midfielders. Against the 'green and white' team, the team looked much more forceful in attack, with their offensive trident 'wetting'

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The FC Barcelona added in front of the Betis his elder goleada in the present season (5-0), a party in where the ones of Xavi Hernández showed a forcefulness that has been little usual in the last months. The egarense opted for going back to bet by three forwards in front of the drop of Ílkay Gündogan, planting to Gavi in his natural position (inner) and the team saw much looser in attack.

With Ferran Torres and Joao Félix like extremes, Robert Lewandowski found more spaces and could convert by second consecutive day. The luso was the best of the first part, annotating a golazo in the 25' to open the marker and participating in the played of the so much of 'Lewy' opening his legs so that the pass filtered of Andreas Christensen found to the '9' free of mark in the frontal of the area. In the complement, Ferran closed the party with a free shot that finish at the bottom of the network with something of fortune.

The Barça is much more dangerous with three forwards

Although the diagram with four midfield players, throwing to Gavi to the left side, gives to the Barça more possession, the true is that the team is much more punzante with three forwards. The signing of Joao Félix and the explosion of Lamine Yamal go back to give to Xavi the possibility to have four alternatives regarding extremes, with Ferran and Raphinha very in shape to struggle by a place.

In fact, only the juvenile remained without 'wet' in front of the Betis and the míster of Terrassa showed very satisfied by the performance of his forwards. "We go us satisfied: it is ideal that mark the four from above, less than Lamine, that annotate of fault, five home, have not fit... Although we have conceded some clear occasion", reflexionó the trainer after the party.

Xavi has it clear in how dosificar to his forwards

In this sense, the egarense desveló, on the fight by a place in the offensive trident, the how dosificar his pieces so that all have prominence. "With the competition, give the best of you. Or this is what have lived I. This works like this, in any field of the life. If the fellow flies, do not give the 100 but the 110 or the 120. They have marked the four from above and Lamine has done a big party. This is a wonder for the team", argued Xavi.

Like this the things, is very likely that, for the debut in Champions in front of the Amberes, the Barça keep the diagram with three forwards. Gavi Can be the sacrificed so that Ílkay Gündogan return to the XI, considering that the Spanish had wear with the Selection in the last stop and, in attack, Raphinha has to be headline again after his expulsion in the debut suspender belt in front of the Getafe, occupying the place of Ferran Torres.

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