Xavi shook the game, it didn’t go as I would have liked, but the Barça came back and saved the three points. A coach must intervene when the team needs it, as he claimed after a bad first half where Gündogan y Joao Felix They got so attached to the rival defensive line that the Celta He matched his five defenses with Marcos Alonso y Ferran on the outside, plus German, Portuguese and Lewandowski inside. The team hardly mixed heights, which made it easy to defend because those five were receivers waiting to connect with the rest of their teammates, who were passers.
Xavi He didn’t hesitate during the break. Three defenses that would give them numerical superiority against Iago Aspas y Strand Larsen, who created a lot of danger in the initial two against two against the center backs. A square with I cancel y Gavi at the base, plus the two between the lines (initially Gündogan y Joao Felix). Finally, two open players to set in width: Lamine Yamal to the right and Ferran on the left.
The team didn’t digest it well either. He did not take advantage of the position of the wingers so that balls would reach them frequently, he did not stretch the defense of five of the Celta, which made every attempt to filter a central pass almost impossible. Furthermore, each loss forced them to run backwards with the consequent wear and tear. Xavi returned to perform with Bucket as third central and Raphinha between the lines, an almost unprecedented resource, which moved Joao Felix to the left wing.
This is how Barça ended against Celta
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However, Bucket He became a winger in attack, which moved the Portuguese inward to move from the square Cancelo-Gavi-Raphinha-Gündogan to the pentagon. Over there Joao Felix receives to feed Lewandowski in the 1-2 and the new role of Raphinha drives I cancel in the tie. That also generated disorder like in the 0-2 when Bucket loses the ball in the corner on offense and Araujo y Koundé They are left naked in the transition. It was the toll of the last plan of Xaviwhich was rewarded for its rebellious shake-up.
Where did Guirassy come from?
The scoring figures of goal monsters like Mbappé, Haaland, Lewandowski o Lautaro They are not a surprise, not even those of Bellingham for its potential. However, a striker who surpasses them at the start of the campaign has appeared without warning. He plays in Stuttgart, with whom he has scored eleven goals in six games (five in the League and one in the Cup). His name is Serhou Guirassyis 27 years old and joined his current team last season on loan from Rennes with a purchase option. He already had good numbers in the previous year, which ended with fifteen goals. He Stuttgart He went after him without imagining such a response. He played with the youth teams of Francealthough now he defends the shirt of his parents’ country, Guinea. And he has more football than goal.
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