Barcelona 360 podcast
By Barcelona 360 Podcast
What to expect: talks and analysis about Joan Laporta, Ronald Koeman and his tactics, Xavi, the philosophy (and what's left of it), the transfer window and much more.
Barcelona 360 podcast Oct 04, 2020
E21 - Post COPA clasico analysis, discussing the fixture against United and Xavi’s new philosophy
E20 - FCBarcelona vs Manchester United, Xavi’s choices and rotations, Andy’s future and more
E19 - Pre game talk, FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao, Clasico talking points, Busquets and Eric
S18 - FC Barcelona v Inter, a do or die for Xavi’s men. Breaking down the importance of this game
S17 - FC Barcelona vs Valladolid match breakdown, Ferran Torres, GAVI, Raphi and Dembouz
E16 - Should Barça resign Messi next season ? Should Frenkie De Jong stay or leave ? Let’s talk
E15 - Discussing FC Barcelona’s upcoming season, summer signings, Real Sociedad and Frenkie DeJong
E14 - An analysis of the Catalan derby, Espanyol vs FC Barcelona. Both teams have delivered
E13 - Xavi’s Barcelona, winter transfer window, team news 2022
E12 - Messi’s 7th
E11 - Don Xavi's finally here, what now ?
Xavi Hernandez is Barça's new coach. There hasn't been as much excitement about a coach being appointed since Luis Enrique back in 2014. Xavi's got a MASSIVE task ahead of him. Unlike Enrique, he will have to do without Neymar, Messi, Suarez, Iniesta. He's got to rebuild everything from the ground up, physically and mentally, with 17, 18 and 19 YOs being the main protagonists. It's a massive task, and it's nothing like what Pep did back then. Pep had Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. He also had leaders like Puyol, Valdes and Xavi himself in the team.
Not only that, but Pep's biggest weapon back then was the element of surprise. No one expected a team to be so well-drilled, to have so much control. Teams had no time to study us, let alone stop us.
It's different this time though.
Everyone knows Xavi and his ideas, and ideals. Everyone knows how shambolic we've been in the past 5 to 6 years, how weak we are mentally and physically after so many humiliations. Everyone knows our style, now more than ever, so what's expected of Xavi goes far beyond just quick passing and high press, he'll have to reinvent our style of play and introduce some sort of magic to it, some sort of element of surprise.
It's no easy task, it's a massive mountain to climb, especially when half the team is either injured or out of form. This won't be easy, not even for prime Pep.
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