Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona’s coach, is considering changing Barcelona’s playing style following the draw with Rayo Vallecano last round.
According to the Spanish newspaper “Sport”, Xavi went through a difficult period due to the team’s decline in performance in recent matches, in addition to Javi’s injury and the confirmation of his absence until the end of the season.
The Spanish newspaper indicated that the Blaugrana coach studied, during the international break, a return to last season’s plan, which relied on the presence of 4 players in the midfield.
She explained that this plan allowed Barça to control the matches, and while implementing this method, the team had high defensive strength.
It was reported that the return of Frenkie de Jong and Pedri will allow Xavi to implement the four-man plan in midfield, along with Ilkay Gundogan, while Oriol Romeu and Fermin Lopez will compete for the fourth seat.
Barcelona will lose one of the attacking players in favor of the midfield, and thus Xavi will choose only one of Joao Felix, Rafinha, Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres to start alongside Robert Lewandowski.
In addition, “Sport” journalist Juan Diaz stated that there are six urgent measures that Xavi must take to restore the team’s level:
1️⃣Restore the defensive level.
2️⃣ Control the start of matches and not be late with the result.
3️⃣ The ability to compete more outside the ground.
4️⃣ Reshaping the midfield with Pedri and De Jong as starters.
5️⃣ The responsibility of scoring goals should be on everyone, not just the striker.
6️⃣ Lewandowski was placed in more positions near the goal.
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