YOU WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT VISIT TO MANCHESTER
Pedri and Gavi, Araújo, Lewandowski... Xavi, and his vision of how Barça is
Published:22/02/2023 - 21:48h
Updated:22/02/2023 - 21:48h
Barça arrives at its best to seek to continue competing in the Europa League, a tournament in which the renewed Barça squad could give a definitive blow on the table
Xavi Hernández showed which is his assessment in the previous of the crash of the FC Barcelona in front of the Manchester United of this Thursday (21:00 hours). For this meeting the Barcelona technician will not be able to with three of his footballers titled, as they are Pedri, Gavi and Dembélé, something that will complicate the party, but that will not leave to the culés without arms to try be in the eighth of final of the Europe League.
Trying suplir these drops, the míster could go back to his characteristic 4-3-3, a training in which it would need a lot of Robert Lewandowski that has not been in his best weeks recently. Equally, the egarense left all his confidence and explained that "the forwards always need to mark and are to debate. We look further of the goals. It has marked differences also in assistances. It is a footballer descomunal for us, has changed mentality of the club", mentioned.
Precisely this strong mentality is the one who the Barça will need to go back to be a team that can compete in the European competitions, and more than visitor. In the last years the Catalan club has suffered in these stages, and this can be the perfect opportunity so that the players culés confirm that this new project can be in the maximum requirement.
A player that in each party goes winning chevrons with regard to this, is the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo. The central, and also lateral, has consolidated like an authentic leader and Xavi did not have problem in mentioning that the same it follows asking him new things to the defender. "I have tried that it dare. When you dominate a situation, gives you some uncertainty. We want to play always in contrary field, if you see how filters pass, changes of orientation, has improved a lot of. It is with confidence, feels strong, is able", explained.
The big absent
On the drops that the Barça will have in Old Trafford, the one of Terrasa commented that "it also would stand out the one of Ousmane, in addition to Pedri and Gavi, obviously". "Pedri Gives you order centre of the field, does not lose balls and Gavi is pure passion, that is what need morning. There is alternative, sort out, intensity and encarar one against one in band", signalled the Barcelona trainer.