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Thread: Tactical analysis: How #Xavi Hernandez rebuild the effective attacking part in @FCBarcelona

Since Xavi received the training of the Barcelona team, succeeding Dutchman Ronald Koeman, he has been under the watchful eye of all fans and followers of the Catalan team,

Xavi Hernandez kept his usual form with a 4-3-3 formation, incorporating young players along with experiences in various lines, as well as new deals.

#Alves’s crucial role
Let's start with the stage of rotating the ball and building play, and how Xavi found some solutions to get the ball out of the first third and move forward, and Alves had a clear role in that, let's see how the Brazilian contributes to that.
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In this example, we will notice that Luis Suarez, the Atletico Madrid striker, stands in front of Sergio Busquets to prevent a vertical pass, and Joao Felix, goes a little left, to prevent a horizontal pass towards Ronald Araujo, so what happened?

Here we note what happened later, as Alves' entry into the depth made him an available solution to pass, and put pressure a few meters away to allow the team to progress and complete the stage of building the play, and Alves played an important role in his first stage.

It did not stop here, as Alves enjoyed progressing to the last third, and since he entered the depth as an additional midfielder in the event of an acquisition,
Here we note the concentration inside the penalty area and his ability to pass the other side's spending towards Alba

Here, we note his penetration into the penalty area in the goal he scored against Atletico Madrid, and he shot perfectly.

Third-man run tricky
The ideas of the defending team have always been to put pressure on the ball carrier, and to a lesser extent block the passing angles and watch the player who is expected to go to him, but what about a third player entering the scene?

Players must be stationed in different areas and not overlap each other so as not to make it easier for the opponent to defend in front.
Here is an example illustrating the idea of ​​the third man applied by Torres who goes into the space created with the defender coming out of

In the Valencia match, we notice the same thing repeated, De Jong moves in the space behind the full-back who came out to press.

It is always noted that there is a dependence on the formation of a numerical increase on the left side, and the emptying of the right side of the wing in the position of a player on a player, whether it is Dembele or Traore.

Emptying the right-flank
Relying on the left part of the field after the beginning of the attack in the depth, loading that party with a large number of players, and making numerical superiority in front of the opponent, emptying the right side, specifically after entering Dani.

Adama's presence widens the field casually, which is why installing a defender with him is essential.

Here is the change of pitch from Eric Garcia from the far left side to the far right side towards Othman, and he is in good condition to go into the space behind the left-back.

Since we are talking about the offensive roles of the players, and after all this, we must highlight the role of Gavi, who is constantly present as a second striker, the current trend has always been to build playing in wide areas, but what next?

Crossing, for example, have become a powerful weapon for the team, with Luke de Jong present, as well as the sequel to young Gavi.

Here is another example of this feature for a player who turns into a second attacker.

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