Why Xavi’s new tactics are PERFECT for Barcelona | Tactical Analysis
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Barcelona continue to lead the La Liga table, remaining dominant in Spain despite their European struggles.
After a 1-0 victory against Atletico Madrid, I take a look at Xavi’s new tactical, and why I think it’s a fantastic blueprint for the future of this team.
What do you think of Xavi’s most recent setup, and the performance against Atletico in general? Let me know in the comments!
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Sections:
0:00 intro
1:07 OneFootball
1:48 Xavi’s new 3-2-2-3
6:02 Problems against the press
8:32 The ability to ‘suffer’
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Gavi is such an enigma to me. I just cant pin point his best role but i feel like when he finds it he will explode
all of us are confused. lol. sometimes i think he is the next Muller, sometimes i see him as a very good CDM option. This new 3223 formation is probably going to allow him to do both.
All i know,he's all over the field,tackling everywhere,Fearless and he's aggressive
He has everything but the killer pass and that is problematic when such players never attempt risky passes
@Karhack kanté he's to young and will learn that with time, he's only gonna improve so hopefully he stays away from injury
He's just an aggressive player he has no quality like Pedri and Ferran do
The most difficult part of a team to set up is the midfield because that where a lot of transitions happens and that why xavi has to get the line up right in every match I think what we need right now is someone that can control the midfield which is what xavi himself offered us as a player
De Jong is capable of doing just that. He needs to calm down though, improve his on-the-ground passing range, and decide the best way to control the game at every point in time - either to carry the ball and break lines or slow things down.
@@codedprofessor Agree and there's alot of pressure on him as he's expected to step into Busquet's shoes. Often, I've noticed he gives away possession (usually through a bad pass) and doesn't follow up to win it back. I get that he's more an offensive player but he needs to work on those areas. I suppose that's why we've been keen on signing Bernado Silva because he'll bring stability to that midfield.
Ilkay gündoğan is coming ❤💙everythings going to be alright
I've always had this setup in my head ever since we confirmed Kessie's signing. Use Kessie and FDJ as double pivots and Pedri and Gavi as 8s.
This would open up a lot of space for the wingers upfront and while CBs are focused on Lewa. Gavi and Pedri can sneak in behind
Please analyse the El Classico
I love the extra character in the video! I literally went back to see the picture of ferran again🤣
I think you're underestimating how much we enjoy your content, I think you could've easily added the gavi in cdm segment and the video would still turn out good :)
Nevertheless I subscribed.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you, that’s very kind :)
That pedri dribble move to the box, initiating the goal in this game is something rare from him as i remembered
We were sloppy and didn't look good overall, but a positive is Xavi is willing to try new things and hopefully the players can adapt as they get more reps and ideas
The content you produce warrants a lot more subscribers than what you currently have. Keep it up and I wish you a lot of success.
I appreciate that!
Love your work mate! Keep going 👏🏻♥
Xavi had so many ideas, so many high level ideas.
As the squad becomes fully healthy, slowly improving, growing internalizing Xavi's ideas, as well as by adding the required profile, as well as Xavi refining his ability to make the abstract concrete I expect to see more of this & better.
i'm so glad i found your page here. great surprise to check out such well pieced together content. congrats for what you are doing! keep it up! cheers from brazil.
Can't wait for that video!! Great coverage and analysis 👏👏
This is gonna be a bit of a long rant.
I still feel like we don't push hard on goals. We always seem to take the foot off the pedal after scoring 1 goal. That's too risky against the best of Europe and we have seen enough of what could happen with that. Sure, I understand Lewandowski's absence is huge but come on, we have to take more risks.
I know we can pass. I know our flanks are much better now compared to few seasons ago. Our defense is statistically one of the best now and that's huge due to Araujo's return, Kounde and Christensen addition and young Balde.
But we still play too safe once we score. And i agree with Xavi, the unnecessary passing back to MATS needs to be lessened.
The back 3 formation works quite well and it does free up Balde and our right wing back. Plus reinforcements on midfield is a good thing. Pedri always seems half dead after 90 minutes. Gavi's intensity and chemistry with Pedri is consistently good and De Jong can play as a CM, a position he's been playing most in our kit.
I guess that's the problem of being a Barça fan born 2 decades ago. We grew up spoiled with majestic tactical football and technical geniuses and we always want to repeat that (Pep, Tito and Lucho's era).
We are getting better. But there is soooo much more to improve on and with these young squad, one should understand why that's the overall feel for this team. We have to challenge the title for Europe's best and get there ASAP.
It's been 7 years since we won the UCL. That's unacceptable for a club like us.
Visca Barça!
Another great analysis. In reference to not being aggressive enough, especially after taking the lead, I wonder since we have so many very young players, it’s simply a matter of them being afraid of making a bad mistake. Veteran players need to constantly encourage them during the game. Maybe that’s not happening.
Nice to see you doing fine man. Happy new year!
Lovely video and analysis. Great game and I also am looking forward to seeing how it develops. I hope we definitely keep our attacking pressure.
Another great video! Love your work 🤩
Great content as always, mate!
Awesome channel mate love the breakdowns
Super excited every time your vids come out mate! Keep it up
Thanks, will do :)
Great video, keep going 🔥🔥
So essentially we should use this formation going forward but just replacing Fati with lewandowski
I do not know why we are now supporting mediocrity, this is mediocrity from Xavi at its best, wait until we are humbled by betis to start all over again.Barcelona played poorly and this is testament of why we almost drew with a third tier but now we are celebrating as if we did something amazing.Time will just prove my point
@@thamsanqawisdomsiziba3552 we are not celebrating that, we are celebrating how this TRASH TRAAAASH TRAAAAAASSHHH team managed to beat Atletico Madrid away!
@@thamsanqawisdomsiziba3552 lol none of the goals against Espanol or against Intercity were on Xavi.. the managers job is to improve his team's chances of scoring and reduce the opponents'.. if someone blames the manager for individual errors like giving away pens like a fool, or not knowing how to mark your opponents.. or if your fwds can't finish to save their lives then they have no clue about football. And i don't know how long you have been watching football, but a game away against Atletico has always been difficult. And sometimes in order to win titles you need the team to grind out the results like they did
Fati’s best game this season was in this formation, when he subbed on against Real Sociedad and played in that attack mid role, with Balde to his left and Lewandowksi as the striker.
And although might seem counter intuitive, Alba for Balde. Alba's more experienced in attacking that left flank at the moment. Balde will grow into it with time.
Love your vids! 🙌🏽 important 3 points and we move 💪🏽
I too liked this system. Also great number of players open when we played out the back.
It really came alive when we did the one touch passing.
Your analyses are always on point. Kuddos Purist. You're doing a great job here.
I keep seeing people saying Pedri should play more forward and expect him to be like an attacking midfielder 10 role, I think this just stems from his low numbers (g/a) contribution, however he is clearly class and I think as an 8/controller setting the tempo and providing hockey assists he is much better at this and since it's really hard to find a good one like this, that's his ideal position if you think about iniesta he never had as much as a goal output for barca or spain yet it was clear many times when he was the dominant midfielder, I think people nowadays are just obsessed with stats more
i think it isn't just about stats but the diversity of play where team doesn't need to be dependant on striker, so he can score or assisting for the team
It's fine to defend a lead but we should know when to punish loose defending with sharp offensive play. This has been our one biggest issue for some time. Its what Bayern did with us in the first leg: We dominated the play but they defended well and attacked sharp and decisively. That's what Europe's elite call a bad game(when they don't control the game fully). Inter did it too but against our then weaker defense
At least now we have a reliable defense compared to before where we'd sit back and give smaller teams late equalizers/wins. Such pointless passes and going back too much are what make tiki taka seem irrelevant.
Thank you for this video. I was really confused by the formation, couldn't really make it out while watching
at this point we gotta think of it as if we payed 60m for Christensen instead of Ferran
Hope you can do a video on the betis game (specially first half). Although back to 433 there was lots of diversity in possession in the first half. The fast passing and Pedri going more direct reminds me of good days in Barca and we just need to do it for more than the first 30 mins.
Thanks again nice video ❤💙
Christensen has always been really talented but it’s now time to stand up and be a leader of the defence and not dropping out of games for minor reasons where his commitment has been questioned
First 20 minutes there were some good plays and it was frustrating because of wrong choices players made we could have been 2-0 up
Ansu taking 2 touches inside the box before shooting was frustrating too kinda miss old Fati on 1v1 and his finishing from one touch he really needs to work on it somehow
Lack of confidence
I think the only problem with this is that, the 2 DMF should be quicker during defending, to help out the 3 defenders.
Great analysis, forca Barca 🥰
love this. As a Barca fan I was also not buying the formation that was shown at the start of the game. this is more accurate. the game felt much different, barca midfield was much more solid. i like the gavi deeper role option especially because he is a work horse and goes to get recoveries. this will be great against counter attacking teams which get away from gavi now after the first attacking midfield pass. One concern that I see now is we have inverted wingers who try to cut in which causes 2 problems, first that crowds the central areas and we lose width/space and secondly they dont play enough good crosses on the ground or early through passes which would serve the striker and two attacking mids much better. i honestly think if this formation ends up working well barca should promote a right wingers from Barca B or look for a young player who has the ability to run the channels well and is trigger happy at making crosses and through passes with accuracy. for now the closes we have here is ferran who xavi also used successfully on the right wing at times. busquets still needs a replacement as frenkie is great overall but defensively he is not as good as busquets used to be imo
Abdel should come back! He can do that role
I think gavi and frenkie can do that base 2 ahead of 3 Cbs too . WIth pedri and 2 forwards being the 8s ahead of them
It's been a relief seeing Pedri out of the attacking front. He's nowhere close to being a striker or wing, but he's the real deal in the midfield.
I definately like the system, pedri is better utilized, and the lack of a rb is covered perfectly, we are still missing a few things offensively
Finishing
Keep up the good work. Please make video about how barca would look like in 23/24 season?
I loved little flicks in video haha.. like free transfer of Christinsan
Would you maybe consider doing tactical analyses on other LaLiga teams? I think some of the less big sides are a good shout like Atleti, Betis, Sevilla, La Real, Villareal and Athletic Bilbao.
I say this because there is already plenty english speaking analysis on the premier league but not much at all when it comes to LaLiga and I feel like there is some content to be made there.
I would love to, there are plenty of teams I find really interesting. It just (sadly) depends on the likely viewership, which is ultimately what keeps the channel going.
Yay he´s back!
Great analysis. What software do you use for your videos?
6:49😂😂😂😂😂 ; Gavi: what did you say?! Killed me😂. Good one 🤝
This is btw exactly the formation Xavi used at Al-Sadd, with which he had so much succes.
I see it more as a 4231 with Pedri on the left, Gavi on the center and Dembele on the right.
Pedri justs goes inside so Balde goes up to fill the left side, similar to the role of Zidane and Roberto Carlos in the Galacticos era.
Kounde on the right back acts more defensively than Balde to balance things out (but still goes up a few times too).
The problem I see with this is that Busi & De Jong are kind of weak defensively and De Jong still suffers against top tier teams.
Also, Lewandowski is a legend, but historically Barça plays better with a fast striker. It’s a shame injuries have destroyed Ansu's explosiveness, he could have been our striker for years.
Sadly, I don’t think he has a long future on the team.
Barca could have really dictated the game if Balde & FDJ was on top of their game. Balde seems to be caught in between the offensive and tracking back role. He wasn't making any progressive passes at all.
I think this system is stable against 2 CF opponents, with Lewa back, we could really play well. At this formation demands more of a Alba kinda Left back than Balde. Because Alba is still among the best when it comes to offensive role.
I do personally think Gavi and de Jong as the double pivot with Pedri as an attacking midfielder could work. I think this also solves the issue of Raphinha in the team. He likes to cut inside. And if he has Pedri and Lewandowski to combine with, that could prove effective. Of course, we could use a right back who can bomb forward when he does, but I would like to see it.
Since Fati has recovered from injuries, it seems to me that he doesn't shift and sprint as much now, probably to avoid getting ACL or higher sprain ankle if tackled. With this in mind, I'd love for Xavi to experiment Fati playing inside the box more, like how Ronaldo or Haaland does it. He definitely has the instinct to look for open spaces, it's just the final finishing touch that he needs to practice more. With Lewy being able to pass the ball well, he could pull back a bit to clear space for Fati or Dembele at wings, and can also rotate to inside the box when needed. Idk maybe I'm asking too much of Fati but I think there is a huge ceiling here if we can pull it off.
Thanks klass
Is it wrong to assume that we can still play a 4-3-3 with Pedri-De Jong-Gavi. Then have Pedri and De Jong play like a double pivot kinda where if one moves up the other drops. Pretty much just Pedri and De Jong looking out for each other with Gavi playing closer to the ST. This kinda makes sense to me but I’m not too sure if it’d work out. Thoughts?
Agree
And we back to somewhat of a W-M. Amazing, time is a flat circle.
I think if this was Real Madrid people would have said we controlled the game off the ball. Atleti didn’t really have too many open and clear chances. I definitely agree with Xavi though that we need to be more brave on the ball and move it forward.
Can u do a tactical analysis of zubimendi
somebody give Xavi's phone # to this guy!! great vid..
Is it sustainable with no alternatives for the pivots
Kessie can be the defensive beast next to him
Gavi is still very young but he need to improve his final pass, whereas i would love to see pablo torre getting some minutes in first half of match while subbing on gavi in second half. This way gavi will help team when We'll suffer in second half whereas with pablo, we may create even more chances!
Also this is similar system xavi used at Al Sadd!!!
"i would love to see pablo torre getting some minutes in first half of match while subbing on gavi in second half. "
Yes ... yes. Pablo must be given more playing minutes.
Barca needs a play-maker ... more than a player running all over the pitch, making dangerous tackles.
@@novice4648 yeah, although those tackles helps us a lot 🤣
I definetly agree with your analysis because in the end the team isn't playing at its best right now because we played with so many young players. Sometimes they don't make the right decisions or the brave decsion and play conservative and they were losing a lot of sily balls as well. Xavi can do thing more than drill it into their heads for another 1 or 2 seasons until they grow and mature as footballers and make better decisions on the ball. It's like watching arsenal 2 yrs ago when all their young players where 19 and 20. Balde, pedri, Gavi, ansu all of them where losing so many silly balls and even frenkie for some reason had a bad game himself and was giving away balls. We have to wait for these players to mature and there is no point in blaming Xavi for that.
Xavi please kindly make Dembele a world class player for us by having one on one talks about his finishing please do that for me
The W-M returns
It was the system he used to great effect at Al Sadd. Been waiting to see it
I don’t want Gavi sitting deeper, he’s at his best pressing higher up the pitch, playing in tight spaces
Is this inspired by Regragui's style?
A formation that depends on busquet is still a problem
ur a genius
We have seen better version of this in the final Balde and gavi showed that they can handle it very well.... Balde my boy was giving so much in that match 🔥
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I still feels that we need RB , world class forwards RW, LW who can score goal on high rate.
What I don't understand is Xavi's plan for Kessie.
i think the kids are conservative about taking risks because they feel embarassed having Dembele on the field. Like "no way man..i dont want to look like that .."
One other thing : koundè is great cb but to be an rb or the third man cb is not great he had alot chances but no outcome couse he is not great in crosses and dirrbiling ...etc , geting somone like pavard really suits that position who playes in that area and that role under naglesman
But bro don't you feel that pavard would be too defensive, I really want an offensive right back who can spam those crosses and also a great defender
@@oboiraelisha7907 that is why am saying pavard for the attacing instect , yeah we can get someone like pedro poro for example but he can't play in the 3-4-3 as cb that is what i mean
@@aweralyas743 I feel pavard is more of a defensive fullback, would have loved pedro porro
I think raphinha is the best right 8 avilable and should start with dembele both on right
3:23 what is this app?
We all though dejong will be able to open up more with this kind of setup
Surprisingly he didn't .
Enzo Fernandez. Pain. He would have absolutely perfect
Gavi could definitely be a 6 or something slightly more offensive.
Memphis would’ve been the perfect 2nd half sub for Ansu, not Ferran. The option for ‘hold up play’ would’ve given us the opportunity for direct ball from MAtS. With Raphinha on the right and Dembele left there would be potential for them to run in behind the defence. Pretty much a nail in the coffin for Memphis - he clearly has no role in this squad.
June 2023 every now claim this is Pep's formation. They hated Xavi when he did it
He needs to start telling his fullback to overload.
We will need a DESTROYER, I want Amrabat, along side FDJ, if we will use this formation going forward. Busquest will be leaving and his position should have been covered for seasons now.
His destructive prowess might help Frenkie move forward more and Gavi do less defensive work while improving his overall game. His price would have risen by 10 million after the world cup. I reckon with 50-60m we can get him. He's also 26 while Frenkie is 25. Just perfect
yeah lets not get someone based off of 5 games they played in the world cup......
@@mpownage4806 I didn't rate his world cup much but try go watch his highlights. He's a midfield destroyer. Not very good with passing but can find his man. He isn't too shabby either in dribbling.
We just need a form of solidity in midfield while Frenkie is given full freedom to cause havok in attack as he did in Ajax with Pedri threading the right passes for the goals. If they get past our front press including Frenkie, They'd have to face Ambrabat who defended with his life, and if they get past him, then the face Araujo, Kounde, Christensen.
@@mxn5132 a cdm for barca needs to be very technical and skillful on the ball, as you said he is not very good with passing. that wont work and isnt he pretty old anyway?
Could Frankie De Jong play along side Enzo Fernandez
Are there no fair use copyright laws in the EU/UK like there are in the US? Kinda crazy if so because I feel like the use of clips in an educational video like this should be protected
Regardless of the law, CZcams copyright strikes ANYTHING a major company complains about. Even if it's allowed under fair use laws, CZcams will strike the channel and demonotize the video. Enough strikes cause the channel to be shut down, and fighting a copyright strike is ridiculously complicated. It's just not worth the trouble
I thought so too, but my content regularly gets blocked for copyright reasons
@@thepurist_ That's honestly insane to me. If anything, videos like yours help to GROW the sport. It's basically free advertisement for them
Such greats contents you are doing 🫡
would lewa instead of fati work in this system?
yes, since he has better movement and can be a target man if we go long
@@wallahhabibiiii but if he drops deep we would need our mids and lb to make runs in behind
Definitely it worked against Athletic 4-0 brilliantly
@@kanavaggarwal9312 yes, for runs in behind i trust alba more than balde tbh but still balde is still less sloppy in possession and defence
and mids will have to synchronise their runs well
@6:48 😂😂
And what tactics are those? Comfortably losing xG and other underlying number battles to a team the was 11 points behind you with a 19 worse goal difference?
I want this in FIFA. 23
Christensen wasnt 'free'
Theres an insanely high package for agent fees and wages.. so yes, money gets you quality
We just need proper right back
Double pivot FDJ and Busi is good, but till when? Sooner rather than later, Busi is gonna go. What then, still we have no replacement for him!
Double pivot goes to [frenkie, kessie] ... not [frenkie, busquets] !
Gavi should be like kante
Fati needs to be sold. Period. Great video.
Ironic seeing this after the united games 😂😂🤓
This team screams for a midfield controller. FDJ has been inconsistent and we are wasting pedri by dropping him deep but we have no choice for now.
" FDJ has been inconsistent"
You meant [pedri, busquets, gavi] is more consistent ??
Well, the WC 2022 showed it all ... toothless.
speak louder with more energy with better mic
Nah I like his chill vibe he ain’t gotta change
I do not entirely agree with the idea of Pedri playing so offensively. I think he tends to “shine” and add more to the game when playing in Frenkie’s position, perhaps somewhat more to the left side. Of course, intermittently reaching the box is great, but not constantly. Pedri’s impressive game vision can be exploited entirely only at more defensive or playmaking positions… Great video and analysis, greetings!
Bllllarca just need a lethal goal scorer....if Dembele's finishing magically increased by 50% barca would be cruising
If the rest of the attacking players converted all the chances Dembouz creates we’d be more than cruising.
U was watching a different match😂😂that first midfield four got boss until xavi change it to busquet gavi perdi kessi