Xavi reveals how his Barça will play

The presentation of Xavi Hernandez as the new coach of the Barcelona It had several questions that could be answered at the press conference corresponding to this event. It was expected, among other things, that the technician would give the first clues of what his Barça and Xavi, even without being surprised about the style and guidelines that he will carry out, he was able to answer them and thus begin to shape the new project that excites managers and fans.

Xavi He only understands football from an idea, at least for the moment, and this resides in the belonging of the ball as an element of attack and defense. There, the way to have the ball in possession for as long as possible and at the same time create scoring opportunities is to play position. «This is how we understand the game. We don’t want to speculate, we want to recover the ball in the opposite field, go on the attack, be incisive … », declared the new Barcelona coach. «I do not discover anything, we will be an intense team, on the attack, you have to win », added.

This idea is not given by a fixed system, even though in the Barcelona it seems that only 4-3-3 can be accepted. In fact, Xavi He put the example of Al-Sadd to see that he can be offensive and set up a tall possession structure with other drawings. “More than the game system is the idea, the game model, we are going to press high, not speculate, have the ball, dominate the game with the ball, generate more options than the rival. At Al-Sadd we played 3-4-3 because we were very dominantHere we can start with a 4-3-3, then go to 3-4-3 or even 3-5-2, “he said.

One of the important figures in the team will be the wingers, who must remain open to widen the field and allow space in the center. «We will recover to extremes in one or two weeks and I want to play with open ends. We have to make variants to use in different systems », Xavi slipped, who can choose this alternative or use central lane footballers, in case of Gavi O Pedri, in a band to help keep the ball in the culé side.

Despite the fact that one of the most repeated aspects in Xavi’s speech was the obligation to obtain immediate results – “at Barça it is only worth winning,” he said – the coach emphasizes good play as a condition sine qua non to reach the highest level. «I come with a very clear idea, It touches demand, regulations, work hard, you have to try to convince the players to reach successes. We will be judged on the results, but we are going to try to play well so that the results arrive», He settled, on his first day as a Barça coach in which he left hints of what his Barça could be.