Go with #theabelog. Barça again were hailed for its unique and attractive athleticism. This thread focuses on our positional play, creative supremacy at the third and many more. Buckle up for a ride.
Barça played with a 4-3-3 shape versus the Sevilla side with a shape of a 4-4-2 diamond, which can slip into a 4-5-1 formation without the ball overloading the central area of the pitch depending on ability & qualities. N/Tough one for Xavi scanning its strengths and weaknesses.
Graphs — Players w/Most Influences On The Game.
• Araujo with the most distribution was a key tactical dynamic to retain spatial compactness effectively.
• Raphinha has shown a threat again with those penetrations.
• Kounde's P/D at the flank scratched the play creating odds
Barça suffered in the 10/20 minutes to Sevilla. They were difficult with the high press/Marking and controlled the beginning of the match. Barça lacked the balance at first but then, as soon as Barça settled in, they dominated Sevilla badly. With no further due, let's begin, L&G.
GAME STRUCTURE — POSITIONAL PLAY
Numerical advantages in passing triangles/diamonds, w/progressing possession through the thirds. Creating passing options for the player in possession, ready to move based on the movements, building constant rotations that aim to disrupt the opp.
Game One — Effects Of Out Style
Thanks to MATs, an expansive in-possession shape made us vulnerable to counter-attacks because there was so much space on the inside of our structure. Possession play requires the CBs able to make quick and long recovery runs + commitments.
The back four needed to understand the intricacies of positioning and precisely what is required of them at any given moment. This right here occurred for some couple of moments before they understood the context, yet we suffered the distributions from Marco Acuña. Luckily, Off.
Game One — We Suffered @ First
An extremely aggressive alternative to the rest-defence strategies highlighted above as Rakitic looks to immediately intercept the space for Araujo giving a short pass to Gavi. The tight marking prevented the pass to the mid for a counterattack.
MATS deserves all the credit for keeping Barça awake. The Barça's back line has been of a massive boost to his performance so far as he gets a lot of action, usually in brief/huge intervals, while the back CB/FB can clear the ball out of the zone.
Game One — Found Its Edge
The numerical superiority is an overload in any area of the pitch. The Barça armies were only given positions to overload the Sevilla side in its half, which Dembele, Pedri, Busquets, and Gavi did drawing them in & then hit with the sucker punch "Gavi".
The aim is the same as in the Counterattacking phase: for Dembouz to find Lewa beyond the next line of defence. Lewa stayed wide the sides to stretch the pitch. Getting into the space beyond the last line and credit to Raphinha's predatory instinct.
PLAYER PERSPECTIVE — GAVI
Gavi's impact on the game has never gone unnoticed. One of the dirtiest works yet he influenced the play in more ways than one. Intercepting the pass to Isco on the field was a taste of some action in his blood. His aggressiveness helped the back.
Gavi never gave the Sevilla side a chance once the team's momentum was settled. Gavi is gifted with the best ability as a result of - reading the play, immaculate tackling, ability to cover ground both horizontally and vertically and unmatched engine.
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Pablo Gavi, The Relevance. One of the most commonly asked questions in the football world is "what makes Gavi crucial to the system, what does he have/gives" There is no magic formula but there are qualities. It's complex but this thread has answers
A Beast Thread, part 1.
In this thread, we are going to break down all the various aspects of Pablo Gavi which in a nutshell is his materiality to the Xavi system. Here, I got a table of relevant data and vids with player actions just to make things crystal clear and hope the thread serves useful.
Pablo Gavi — Gavi can be described as a reliably safe player in different moments of the play, as he would never endanger possession of the ball, both in circumstances closer to the penalty area that could lead to a possible counterattack
Go with #theabelog from Barça unexpected blow. This thread focuses on our low blocks, Xavi's structure with Roberto and Gavi seizing the half-space with Pedri in the attack. Buckle up for a ride.
Xavi was prepared for inter but our low blocks weren't. In the first game, we struggled to break past a low block of three but this time, Xavi change the setting and we were creatively superior in the third. The lows and one on top were no good to the game.
Barça played in a 3-4-3 diamond as usual and subsequently became a more offensive version of this Xavi's team.
Roberto, stepping forward into what became a diamond. Inter with the 5-3-2 looking to unite for counter since it's difficult to choose to fight for possession.
Go with #theabelog. Barca misplaced multiple chances. We were the better team. Ability, quickness, we had that. The thread's a little piece and not similar to the previous ones. Buckle up for a ride.
• Not fully mastering the defensive aspect of the game, Marcos Alonso became the creator for Barca with his impeccable crossing abilities.
• Gavi, the most creative player by the most chances created into the half.
GAME STRUCTURE — HIGH PRESS & ZONAL MARKING
Both parties implemented the marking/Press. The moves behind it represent a very basic form coming with its ups and downs. Affecting positioning as contradicted to other reference points such as the ball, teammates or space/zones.
Heavily linked fullbacks who're considered to be in Xavi's inspiring project. "Are they good, how productive is he, Can any do the magic" Wonder no more & buckle up for a breakdown.
A Beast Thread
Borussia Dortmund Thomas Meunier & Villarreal Juan Foyth are so much more than your average footballer, and not only on the pitch: an art aficionado who plays as cleverly as the talks. Barcelona needs a fullback capably on taking down Kylian Mbappe? L&G, shall we:
Meunier & Foyth both play in a four-at-the-back system for both club and country, with the latter sometimes building up the play with a back three. Adept at a possession-based style within several formations
Raphael Dias Belioli aka Raphinha a stunning 25yr-old Brazillian who cut the eye of Xavi and is a great addition to his squad, having nearly same profile comparison to Neymar
Here is a breakdown of why Xavi signed this gem and how he would fit his style of play.
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Players Profile
Raphinha has naturally played on the right-wing of Leeds's 4-1-4-1 formation stepping above his fellow teammates Jack Harrison, Dan James and Tyler Roberts on the attacking base
And also one of the main reasons Leeds finished not getting relegated from the Prem
Raphinha has worked with Bielsa who is famed for his high pressing, gung-ho style of football, which has fitted Raphinha, and his high energy has meant he never shirked away from the defensive side of the game as last season he ranked amongst the top 10 for...
Andreas Christensen a 26yr-old underrated Center Back a priority for Xavi's Barcelona for the upcoming season, already set a foot away from Stamford Bridge as a free transfer to Barcelona
let's dive in to know how this genius would fit in the Barca style of play.
[A THREAD]👇
Andreas Bødtker Christensen (born 10 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Prem League club Chelsea and the Denmark national team
And now in the Best club in the world FC Barcelona on a free transfer #barceolna
Christensen is a centre-back and is known for his calmness in possession and precise passing, as well as his aerial dominance.
In 2018, Chelsea Ex-manager Antonio Conte said the Dane had displayed "great maturity" adding that he has "a lot of faith in Christensen