Xavi understands the pressures of being at Barcelona; as a player or a manager, winning is never enough. You have to win with a beautiful style of play. Here's how Xavi is trying to restore that 'three P's' style the club is famous for.
As manager, Xavi has been working to turn Barcelona back into the kind of team that dazzled when he was a player in its midfield for almost two decades. as being the most"difficult club in the world" to be a part of, whether you're the coach, as he is now, or as a player, as he was for two decades before leaving forWhat the club's DNA is, exactly, is the source of many late night bar discussions in Les Corts.
Despite the additions of Lewandowski and Raphinha, Barça managed just 70 league goals in 22-23. It was just the second time in 15 seasons, dating to Guardiola's first in charge in 2008-09, that they had failed to hit more than 80 in a single campaign. They have registered more than 100 on seven occasions in that period. The only other time they failed to hit 80 was in 21-22, when they scored 68 after Xavi replaced Koeman.
Without the ball, though, Barça are more susceptible to conceding goals as Xavi is still striving for a balance between being rigid defensively and improving going forward. They have already let in 10 goals this season in 10 league games, when it took them 31 games to concede that amount last season. There was an element of them overachieving last year at the back, mind you. They conceded 20, but their xGa was 33.61 as Ter Stegen served as an occasional saviour in goal.
Those victories featured everything Xavi has tried to add to the team this season: Cancelo's variety and creativity from right-back, Felix's unpredictability in attack and Gundogan's ingenuity.
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