How Xavi is Transforming Barcelona | What Are Xavi's Tactics?|
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Is Xavi the right man to take them forward?
Of course
Obviously, anyone that says so doesn’t watch Barca.
Yes yes
Insane how he has 0 European experience and now he’s made barca favourites for the Europa and got them back in the top 4(when they were in 10th or something)
One of the important thing is with the arrival of adama and auba that our counter attacks is improving, when we need counter attacks with these players we can do that which we were missing in first half of the season, because sometimes we can't break opposition's defence line with tiki taka, just like what Luis Enrique used to do (tiki taka with good counter attacking football)
Under Xavi midfielders are taking more shots, as we have seen with Frenkie De Jong in the Napoli game, and Pedri vs Athletic Bilbao and Valencia, pressing has definitely improved, we pressed the life out of Napoli, wingers staying wide has opened so much more space for midfielders to move up in the half spaces, Xaviball is truly amazing.
More dominace in the midfield
@@lexkanyima2195 best midfield in the game
I now really want to play for Barca professionally evry soon 🔥🔥⚽⚽
@@pesmobile2695 are you la Masia?
💯💯
Before Xavi joined, Barca was losing their philosophy little by little(Playing defensive football). Then Xavi came and restored the Barca we all love!
[ Edited-I think I should have been more specific, instead of saying defensive football, We played in a style that wasn't in our DNA. We used to have lots of possession but most of the time our midfielders didn't know what to do, Get the ball and pass to Messi. The more I watched them play I felt self-belief was fading away after every bad result. The main reason we suffered in big games was the weak mentality of our past managers. It wasn't the case with pep or Lucho.]
He came as a saviour
Other than maybe a couple of matches, we never played defensively, and even then that's a stretch.
@@gabrielplzdks3891 wdym were under pressure 24/7 with koeman
@@ryukobestwaifu3319 How is that being defensive?
@@gabrielplzdks3891 Just Go and watch some Barca games under Valvarde,Setein and Koeman. After that check current matches, You will see the clear difference, We used to have lots of possession but most of the time our midfielders didn't know what to do, Get the ball and pass to Messi.But now players seems more confident,they know what they are doing. Though I am not gonna say Barca are back on track just after watching few good games,Need more consistency and Defensive improvements. Hope next season We can say "Finally", We are back!
Agree with all the points, but feel this video was made prematurely. Barcelona's style have been more defined since the game against Atletico. We're beginning to see the results of this system with more goals scored, better buildups, midfielders scoring goals.
The most notable change that we've seen is Frenkie dejong being given a free role on the left side of the midfield. He drops deeper than Busquets to help the defence, covers for Alba when he moves forward, runs with the ball, makes runs off the ball in the opposition box, and is now taking shots from a distance. He's the key to this team becoming something great(along with Pedri of course).
Other changes that we're seeing is Alba's cross field balls from deep left (akin to what Leo was doing from the right), the main striker(Auba) dropping deep to open up space for the left winger to move inside, Adama frikkin Traore doing his thing, and yeah press press press.
Once Ferran gets back his shooting boots and/or Ansu returns, we're gonna see us score more and more goals.
Xavi has improved each and every outfield player within a few months. Something neither Koeman or Valverde could do. I really think he could have easily helped someone like a semedo or Firpo to reach their potential.
Hoping for great things❤️💙
Frankie never found his position with previous manager. But by xavi literally giving him the freedom in the midfield, he has somehow found his role in the team. Tactical change aside, I love how the psychological switch made so much difference to this amazing player.
@@abhinavshetty5958 Not only to him, but to the whole squad. Xavi is providing the psychological foundations on which his players stay. They now have someone who knows what he is doing and nothing gives more confidence to the players than a confident manager. Now they know what to do and when to do it. Xavi is a masterful puppeteer.
One of the important thing is with the arrival of adama and auba that our counter attacks is improving, when we need counter attacks with these players we can do that which we were missing in first half of the season, because sometimes we can't break opposition's defence line with tiki taka, just like what Luis Enrique used to do (tiki taka with good counter attacking football)
i love counter attack football dont know why😶
Forget the counter attacks, we have gained so much speed and pace with them, in general that we lacked before. Dembele could do it at times, but that wasn't enough. Now we have got three players with blistering speed.
@@positional_play yeah!
we are faster with the ball. xavi doesn't like more than one touch with the ball
@Akash Patro yesterday was a good defensive performance as well. Not only because they didn't concede, but Bilbao barely had a chance. They were also solid defensively against Napoli, the reason they conceded two goals were two individual mistakes by Ter Stegen and Nico, but as a defensive unit they were outstanding.
Xavi has brought changes to Barca in 3 months plus he has been in charge, is nothing short of a revolution.
If we're gonna talk about the progress Xavi has made, we have to mention the positional understanding and the intensity enhancements. The players' form is evidently increasing because of Xavi's philosophy, including Busquets who even though is aging, has shown that he can play at the top level if given support from the right manager. We are starting to see again the domination of Barça's midfield and I am personally really excited about the future knowing that Xavi is still pretty young and can improve.
I never touched a notification this fast
same 💀
Xavi seems to be bringing back the best out of all of the players. Very excited to see the future of Barcelona.
Yeah, I was a little skeptical if aubameyang could fit into barcelonas style of play, but hes shown hes earned his spot as a starting XI
He seems to have elevated everyone’s level.. he still has a way to go but it’s promising so far.. people also need to realise pep is pep.. he had Xavi and Iniesta already into or going into their prime.. as well as prime Messi.. Xavi doesn’t have these type of tools..
You're wrong, this is a dumb explanation of why Barsa won so many titles. The reality is, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi benefited a lot from the Pep's proposal of football through possession, they wouldn't succeed so much in other teams with different styles. So from my point of view, everyone benefited each other
@@andresausecha9553 It's true that Pep is the one that gave them a place to express their talent, but the difference between the squads given to each manager is gargantuan. Messi, Xavi, Iniesta entered their prime under Guardiola, but their squad was in a more stable position that Barça after Koeman
@@andresausecha9553 of course it was a 2 way street... everyone succeeded but that needs 2 sides of the coin.. you can have ideas all you want big if you don’t have the players to enforce that system it won’t work.. pep had the best players of all time.,, otherwise 6 titles in a year would be impossible..
@@vismong102 I think it's a positive feedback loop. Good coaches help good players become great which makes them look like great coaches. Xavi, Iniesta and Messi are who they are because of Pep and Pep is Pep because he had the players with #1 the intelligence, #2 the skill to pull off what he asked of them. Most great coaches do the best with the players they have, I don't think Pep's false 9 was something he came up with before he saw the squad. It's a result of the squad he had (Messi, in particular) who can pull it off. Also, it was his way to deal with what other teams were doing. Xavi is doing something similar but he's also elevating and educating the individual players and that makes him a great coach imho because the players actually benefit from his experience.
He has Pedri and Gavi both already international even if very young. Pep parallel is there.
Our rebuild is on the right track but we need to lower our expectations
You can never underestimate the feeling and knowledge former players have for the clubs.In Xavi’s case he has grown up in this club, he knows «the Barcelona way». In few years we will see the club back at the top of the world again!
Just like Pirlo :D
@@xMythpug Xavi actually has a style of play that he wants to implement and he's at the same club where he learnt that style of play for literally his entire playing career. His style is like a mixture of pep and lucho. Pirlo didn't really have a footballing philosophy that he'd stick to no matter what.
Xavi's tactics is like a mixture of Pep & Lucho
True
Who is lucho?
@@zealmediaproductions844 lucho nickname for Luis enrique
true, counter-attacking football (alba's goal vs napoli) and typical posession based football (auba's goal vs napoli)
more similar to Lucho's. Xavi loves attacking using wingers
No one expected a revolution from Xavi in a couple months time, we are happy to see signs of improvement on our way to that revolution in a year or two. He's also been a good and demanding leader off the pitch, one of his greatest characteristics.
Fun fact: if La Liga had started when Xavi was appointed (14 Matchdays ago), Barça would be second with only 2 points difference with Real Madrid.
In the last 5 games they scored 15 goals and conceded 6 against high level opposition (Atleti, Napoli, Valencia)
Defence needs to do better
@@blzeduardo_10_e94 With the midfielders pressing so high and most defenders more than 35 years of age, it's inevtiable. An eye for an eye. It's like 2015 Barce when our defence was very leaky but MSN's class making up for it with lots of goals.
and 4 again today. What a team.
You can already see the improvement under Xavi....but performance aside, im glad to see Barca playing their style of football again!!!
Last time we saw it was under Pep.....and imo this is why they are improving.... i mean, its weird that La Masia students would learn the Barca way throughout their career only for the 1st team to not play that way...hence the lack of youth coming up in recent years until now...
Up until now,im impressed with Xavis tactics and team management. But im still cautious and hope for the best
can you analise Mikel Arteta's tactics at Arsenal in 21/22 season, since Arsenal is doing very well and currently sit 5th in the league 1 point behind Man United with 2 games in hand
Nico, pedri, gavi, de jong, araujo, adama, dest- they all are yet to hit their top..so, when all of them clicks, barca will be invincible. All we need a good centre back, a proper no 9 and a good replacement of alba. Man, it's already a joy to watch barca.
Haaland says hai😁
Good video, would be bit different if made week later, considering the 4 goals scored in last two games and totally dominating Napoli at home and away, scoring 6 goals against a club with only 18 conceded in league after 26 games. Pressing is also something I would have added in Xavi's tactics, as it's probably the most important part. Positions has imporved from all players and that shows perfectly on De Jong's perfomances and face; he is clearly happy again as well as rest of the team.
Visca el Barça i visca Catalunya!
There's a qualitative aspect to the improvement too. Seems like toxic players are being pushed out and there's a real team spirit building but I think La Porta has a role in that too.
4 against Madrid LMAO
I think its not just the pitch culture that changed, the talent acquisition seems to change since Xavi and Laporta went in. Instead of bringing in luxury players with stellar wages like in case of Griez, Cou, and Dembele, Barca bought players with clear goal in mind and with something to prove (Adama, Ferran, Auba). As we can see with Auba in Arsenal, Suarez, and Dembele, too much money corrupts character. I mean, look at Adama, he rejected 120000 per week from Spurs to play for 15000.
The team had lost their spirit long before Messi left. It would take long way to revive that desire and build a competitive team. Xavi needs to heed Cruyff's words that 'if you have second thoughts to play for Barca, you are no use to us'. Players should play for the club, not the club to serve their players.
Agreed. The transfers certainly played one of the biggest roles in the team’s turnaround. The other, apart from his tactics, is his man management skills. A few players have significantly improved and benefitted since his arrival. Dest and Dembele comes to mind. They have certainly repaid the coach’s faith/trust/belied in them. Players like Pedri and FDJ have been regularly performing before Xavi’s appointment but has since improved marginally playing under him.
The credit Shud go to board first then xavi and then the loyal Barca fans who stuck with the team even when our greatest player left. This club deserves the happiness now.
Visca El Barca.❤️💙
We have a long way to go but we are getting there. Honestly with the amount of heartbreaks we had over the past few years we deserve some happiness at the very least.
+1 addition (and as I can see fellow commenters also mentioned it already) is how well Barca immediately presses right after losing posession, and it's incredible, how effective it is. One could say Napoli was sloppy with the ball, but in fact I think it was much more about this agressive, immediate pressing, that lead to so much balls retrieved in Napoli's half. Signs of it were noticable during the Koeman era, but it was lightyears away from where it is now.
he is adapting, our old posession styled-football with the football of the new era, where having posession isn't enough
More Johan Cruyf style
@@lexkanyima2195
Actually, Koeman was similar to Cruyff's style. Defensive and used a lot of long balls. Just didn't have enough gun fire to score. Winter signings helped Xavi a lot.
I'm commenting after the 4-0 vs Bilbao and I can fairly say, Xavi is what Barcelona needed since Luis Enrique. He know perfectly how to use his players and understand the game like his precursor, Guardiola. And let's talk about the future of this team, Pedri, Gavi, Nico, Fati, etc. They are all perfect for this new team and I bet we will see another Barcelona that we haven't seen for years.
I just hope Xavi gives more playing time those young lads Ezzalzouli, Akhomach, Jugla etc. They did really well beyond expectations before the winter transfer...
You really understated the improvements xavi has made
Here after he slapped real Madrid 4-0
Watching Xavi's Barcelona play reminds me of Guardiola's first season at City.
Xavi might win La Liga next year, honestly.
The problem with this Barcelona side was goals. The finishing touch was missing but to have these late movements of the midfielders plus Aubameyang who is coming alive with some goals. This team now is a threat to any opponent. The defensive is still a problem because Araujo needs a leader who is fast, physical, and has defensive skills. Also, our CDM spot needs new fresh blood because Busquets had his good days but now, a perfect replacement is key. But Xavi did an amazing job with this team and from the start, I knew that he is the perfect guy to do this.
What a great young galaxy players for barcelona. So many players just age 23 below. Xavi will absolutely create a vintage barca with in 2 years. Because every young player of the barcelona is high talented
Xavi has made me hunger for and look forward to every Barca game, thank you Xavi.
Xavi is the Right Man & without any doubt!
A person who understands positioning in football & has players who are ready to give their best with Technical descipline, he's the Man of the Job. He may not have Messi in his team for quick outs in matches but surely he's gonna do good at Barcelona. Team looks confident to run,pass , play , dribble , box play.
Long waited video finally at the right time
YESS THANKS FOR MAKING THE VID
Great video thank you! So as a Galatasaray fan i was thinking that we could play a 442 that converts to 541 when barça is on possesion but i dont think we have the quality for that. Coach and squad together :D so congrats for the victory we will fight back i hope...
Remember when they said Xavi at Barca would be like Lampard at Chelsea and Pirlo are Juve?
I think Barca should sign Angelino he can play as a cb traditionally a full back and can drift in the midfield like he does for liepzig
Xavi will see the same reason Pep let him go
Nice video hope you also do ajax's tactics they've been on fire this season
If Xavi get defenders next season than this team can play elite level.
This aged well.
Build up from left, which in turns create one on one opportunity for Adama, also both rb that's Alves and dest naturally drifts inside which in turn create space for Adama really nice tactics. Also now we have players who are fighting for their position in playing XI. Huge improvement. Visca Barca
Thank You so much❤❤
4 goals against Valencia, 4 goals against Atletico Madrid and 4 goals against Napoli. We are yet to make a big signing and haven't played a full season under Xavi. Koeman's Barça wasn't that exciting even with Messi on the pitch. Xavi is building something beautiful.
At least Messi made Koeman’s ball bearable to watch.
@@FailingIsUnderrated and more fire towards it
4 against Bilbao😉
4 against real madrid now 😏
it is way t early to say it hasnt been a revolution and too early to say Xavi has failed... so far he's given me hope and there have been several games with 4 goals, proving we finally have fire power... Pedri has been a revelation... I HAVE HOPE!!
It's good to see the progress. But I'm not fully stunned by the peculiarity and effectiveness of the tactics cos it's similar to Cruyff and Guardiola's blueprint. It's expected. But the transfers pulled are real stunners
You haven't watched the last game. My best guess you saw the result, at first. Then decided to watch the highest which would probably have shown you individual moments. But had u watched the full game against Valencia and Napoli, u would have seen the improvements that we have made already. Visca barca!
As a barca fan I saw u missed a lot of things but the ones u mentioned were perfectly explained
Other than his tactics, i really admire how he improves the players to their potential, the youngsters or even the vet like busquets, who was used horribly by koeman. He was literally bossing the midfield in euro under lucho but looked like a washed player under koeman.
It... Hasn't been the revolution we were hoping for? Who said that?
I've always said that Barcelona needed midfielders willing to take shots and now the same guys are shooting.
There are so many positive thinfs that are happening under xavi already!! Fitness morale confidence are few to begin with on individual level for players... Other things being, getting right kind of players in transfer market. Xavi knows what he wants to do.. No doubt he has already improved existing players.. I mean Luuk dj had been getting points for Barcelona! Evolved fdj, dest.. pique alba busquets are motivated to push despite age issues and are doing good..Adama was considered joke move by "pundits" he already has 4 assists in 5 games and some critical individual performances
. With injection of some new blood in defence line.....I am sure xavi can do a wonderful work next season!
Bro please upload daily!!
I love your videos love from India.
I'm a barça fan thank you so much for making this video
Crazy tactics 🔥🔥🔥
U should do a video on off the ball for example pressing.
Please
Improving the team’s tactics is just one half of Xavi’s success, it must also be stated that his man management skills played a significant role in improving the team. Many players started believing in the work they do as the managers has faith in them wholeheartedly. FDJ, Dembele and Dest are some names that come to mind who has benefited from the belief of their coach.
I love this channel
Disagree that it’s a long road to recovery. I claim they are already in the top 6 teams in the world. They are firing on all cylinders, even with Fati sidelined and Torres not yet finding the clinical final touch. Barcelona is back! Visca Barca 🔵🔴
especially with reinforcements and a golden signing cough haaland cough .
One great fact to track to see the impact Xavi is having is the number of passes between both midfielders. Since Luis Enrique it had begun to shrink, and that's not a good sign for the way we play. Good players should play amongst them.
But with Luis Enrique barca was still very very good 👍
@@rodrigolucas8369 true, but you can see the change in style, specially with Rakitic in Xavi's place. He was almost always running wide to cover for Messi's lack of defensive effort, and thus too far away from Iniesta to combine with him. The tactic was adept on creating superiorities in wide areas rather than overloading the middle.
Been a while but here we are again! Great video.
Honestly in my opinion the upswing is from the influx of new players. Xavi isn’t a magician and Koeman wasn’t a bad coach. In fact, I see very many similarities. Xavi even thankfully makes plenty of use of Luuk.
Faramund influx of new players doesn't alone help the case. The entire team is playing well, and executing tactics, rather than rely on somehow pass to the front 3! The style of play is clearly identical on Barca s play, the utilisation of space and planned and smart high yet intensity pressing and getting back to formation to quickly circulate the ball thru positional play to open up space, such that the forwards can do their thing- ALL OF WHICH WAS GREEK N LATIN DURING KOEMAN S REIGN!!!. The only thing similar is use of Luuk De jong, who under Koeman was as useless as K in knife
Keep going
This is an exciting time to be a barca fan
Pep, Klopp , Arteta and Xavi are all now using inverted fullbacks. Cancelo, TAA, Tomiyasu, Alves/Dest
Love this video since I watched nearly every game of barca since maybe 2017, even after the downfall, but I have to ask, what do you think about bousquets now?is he still good enough to start instead of the young 3 midfielders? ( niko,pedri, and de jong) knowing that when de jong played as a cdm in ajax, he was the best in the world.
Splendid
Please do Brazil tite tactics next ❤️
🙏🙏PLZ PLZ Can u please do a video on how gegenpress is practised with examples of naglsmann pep and klopp
Right now Barcelona are really playing football not depending on one man to score moment that man is not the team collapse i am happy Messi is no more Barcelona player and i love how the team building 🏢
Trust the process!
Can you make a video on nagelsman as well? He's been good as well this season(the past few games yeah nt that great)
Next season will be fire man, imagine a CB partnership of Christensen and Araujo, pedri, gavi and de jong in the mid field and ferran, haaland and ansu attacking, we will be fire
Haaland is not coming bro. And with his injury record, i hope he doesn't come. Won't Mo Salah be a better fit for Barca's system?
Can you make an updated video on Xavi's ball for the current season?
I think their has been huge improvement in their attacking patterns but defensively their is still a job to be done .We should wait to see how they play against top sides like Bayern and City
could you do updated one for arteta's aresnal?
Man i have been waiting for a Barca-Napoli tactical review. But this is gold. Thnx Bro.
Now that you explain Alba positioning it makes more sense Barcelona wanted Azpilicueta to join in
Can u please make a video analysis of barcelona vs Napoli
5:45 this shape shows five Barcelona players close to the ball throughout the field
Iam waiting for this video since xavi had becoming barcelon's manger
One thing Xavi has done is unlocked frenkie he's could be the heart of Barcelona for years to come 😍
Never been so fast
The video was a bit premature.3 weeks after uploading we are getting somewhat different picture now.
i should just say... thank you very much XAVI
The one and only "Grass cutter"
Galatasaray staff taking notes quickly
great player, great coach
I love xavi's high pressure
Barca have a long way and Xavi did well so far
The way I subscribed you won’t believe it!
Xavi as coach is bringing back the real Barça DNA after harsh moments.
Super
I think Traore needs to try to be more inverted, because he's so predictable and limited, as we saw against Napoli first leg
him moving inside would mean we lose width out wide, and that opens up all the space to pass and move in the midfield. Having wingers wide stretches the backline of the defense, and 1 on 1 Adama can simply outpace almost anyone, plus his crosses have been crucial, and him moving inside reduces the chances of him getting into those crossing situations
Not necessary for the time being. The purpose to purchase Traore is to provide wide and cross the ball. Not to cut inside and score.
what i like about xavi tactic, is this is not even a copy paste of 2009-2012 barca.
xavi understand football is changing, cant just tikitaka everything
obv there is no messi, so the players keep changing along with the tactics played
sometimes winger cut in, sometimes crossing, and it keeps the opponent surprised
Europa league is a blessing for such a young building team. They would be tested but not demoralized from playing even better teams in the champions league.Its a great stepping stone for the young talents in this current side which needs the experience in knock out football .
Agreed.
The craziest part is Ansu Fati isn’t even back yet, just imagine how much better they’re gonna be when he’s fit again.
Gavi is so fun to watch he is a 6 yr old who just can't stay still he keeps moving around and making space
great video but L for having Trashford in your squad mans forgotten how to pass the ball
Can you make a video on why Messi is struggling at PSG?
Yes