The keys to Xavi's philosophy ... How can it be implemented at Barça?

The 'cruyffismo' follows alive and Xavi Hernández is one of his maximum defenders. The trainer of the To the-Sadd, related with the FC Barcelona from the dismissal of Ronald Koeman, has imposed his philosophy and game of show, in which the possession of the balloon is the centre of everything, to form a winning team that looks for the goal by all the roads and that knows to impose in front of the rival pressure and the losses. There are three keys in his game that highlight by the rest: the mentioned possession, the high pressure and, in definite, an offensive style. Now, it remains to see if it can 'repeat' all this in the Barça and even improve it.

Xavi comes of the school of Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola, by what knows at first hand the 'style Barça' and all what this comports. It lived it in the field, with 767 parties defending the elastic Barcelona, and is to the doors of 'test' from the benches. It will be a process, because it is to change -almost- entirely to a team that in the last times has renounced to the balloon or that, when it has it, does not know very very what do, by not deepening in the fact that the high pressure became a 'myth' for the ones of Koeman.

As we mentioned before, the possession is it everything for Xavi, but no only for keeping the balloon, but because it allows to attack, create occasions and suffocate to the rival. "We organise us and depend all of the balloon. What them inculco is that they do not suffer with the responsibility to have the balloon, that enjoy of him. In trainings do it everything with balloon. I insist them in that it is transcendental nowadays have the possession of balloon and from here already will organise us", explained in an opportunity in 'The Coach's Voice', a sentence that explains largely what is his philosophy.

The high pressure, of the same way, is one of the pillars, but for this, Xavi always bets for teaching him to his players where have to be and when have to be it. It is not to pursue the balloon for pursuing it, in no case, but be intelligent when it has and look for recover it prompt when it loses . At all times, it is necessary to look for very up to the rival, near of the contrary goal, not to leave it progress until the midfield and look for hurt of way organised.

The one of Terrassa has confessed, also, that the movements of the players for presionar are worked in the trainings, because it needs that they are clear to the moment to jump to the field. In the same 'stair' is his game of position, the research of superiority in front of the rival in the zones of the field, loaning great attention to have to a free player to the that can happen the balloon.

How it would be an alignment of Xavi?

An important point is that the Catalan looks for that the game of his team was offensive, but no 'house' with a drawing in specific and goes changing with regard to the needs. The first option is the 4-3-3, but is with the 3-4-3 with the approach that feels more comfortable on the field, although it also has tested the 3-5-2 (that in moments worked him to Koeman in the Barça) to cost more than the offensive power of his sides, converted almost in extremes, and becoming a 5-3-2 to the moment to defend.

Taking in consideration the previous mentioned, with a 4-3-3, the Barça could go out formed by Ter Stegen; Dest, Hammered/Araújo, Eric García, Alba; Busquets, Pedri, Of Jong; Dembélé, Agüero and Ansu Fati. In case to opt by the 3-4-3, pudiesese be Ter Stegen; I Hammered, Araújo, Eric García; Busquets, Of Jong, Pedri, Gavi; Dest, Agüero and Ansu Fati.

With this, Xavi would have to disposal a lot of variations, taking in account players like Memphis Depay, Philippe Coutinho, Martin Braithwaite (when it recover ), Nico González, among others. What always will look for, probably, is that they play open extremes in each band, because it is the simplest way to open the field and force to the rivals to move away to the sides of the area, for finally generate spaces for the one who play of '9' or the interiors.