THE BARÇA, AGAIN To BY THE TITLES
The detail of the Barça 2017-18 that Ernesto Valverde will struggle for keeping
Published:21/07/2018 - 18:05h
Updated:21/07/2018 - 18:05h
Ernesto Valverde starts his second course at the head of the FC Barcelona, but there is a detail of his first season that will encourage in keeping. His imbatibilidad in the initial months of LaLiga was key for the conquest of the title
If they had judged him by his first official parties in the FC Barcelona, Ernesto Valverde had lasted very little in the City Condal, but the assessments do at the end and the doublet conquered speech by himself same. It is true that the espinita of his first year like Barcelona was the Champions, but there are some details that the technician will struggle for keeping in the team.
If there is something that was key to finish the season surrounded of titles was his capacity of reaction to the start, after a correct pre-season in results and 'touched' by the unexpected, endless and novelesque escape of Neymar. The Supercopa was the hit of grace for a group that seemed to begin a full campaign of suffering, but to base of pride, no only was able to raise , but also to triumph.
A lot of novelties and some tactical retouchings caused that the Barcelona did not go brilliant in his first months, but his union, capacity of fight and competitiveness were decisive. The Glass of Rey and the Champions were apuntalándose in his first parties, and in LaLiga, the advantage tieed up at the beginning no longer soltó more.
This is, precisely, an appearance that the Txingurri will try to repeat in this course, endorsed by some more experienced players and with the guarantees that offers a changing room with more alternatives, since by then in the Camp Nou was not Neymar, but neither Ousmane Dembélé, lesionado, and Philippe Coutinho, 'shut' in the Liverpool until the wintry market.
Without the worry to have to throw forward with the put and with a much more exhaustive knowledge of the staff, the extremeño will try that the start was so determinant as in the previous season, to treat to consolidate his advantages in the three competitions at stake. It is checked that a victory, a point and even a goal can cost his weight in gold, and this Barça does not want to give at all.
The rotations, vital for the Barça
To attain this ambitious aim, the rotations will be even more important that in the campaign 2017-18, because this team adds a lot of wear accumulated and also is necessary to explain the tiredness that will cause the World-wide. It is true that the headlines will arrive after several weeks of rest, but with the pre-season to slopes and adapting again to the rhythm of competition, is not odd that in the first apparitions weigh more the legs.
Another vital challenge is to be able to keep the physicist during all the year, because in the happened the fatigue happened bill and in east will be an opponent even more dangerous. Valverde Has asked a shorter staff to be able to throw of the quarry, and with the youngsters and some more controlled signings, has to squeeze all the alternatives that offers him the changing room. The season play it the 20 and so many, no only 16.