As the saying goes, "it's hard for a woman to cook without rice", and many people say that this is the dilemma that Xavi is currently facing in Barcelona. Xavi's Barca team is considered to have lost its previous talent, but Xavi quickly formulated a "new military rule" after taking over Barca, and strictly managed the team. This is a good sign that players like Pogba or Sterling can't be signed easily, but Xavi must make changes after taking office, and strengthening team management may be the best way to do it now. However, competitive football ultimately depends on strength, where do Barca need to find a breakthrough now?
As we all know, Barça is a team with a very distinctive tactical system, which makes many foreign aides encounter unexpected difficulties in the process of adapting to Barca, but at the same time provides the best soil for the growth of their own youth players. The current Barça coach Xavi is a prime example, in the summer of 1998, Xavi was only 18 years old when he was promoted to the barca first team, and his barca youth players at the same time also included Pujols, Gabriel and others, whether in the Spanish national team or the club, Xavi has long become one of the protagonists of the team, 2008-2012 as the core of the midfield to lead Spain to a good record in the competition is to raise Xavi's historical status to an unprecedented height.
If you summarize the success code of Barça football, then one point that should not be ignored should be the talent of South American superstars, followed by the strong hematopoietic ability of their own youth training. The curve of Barca's record fluctuations almost changes with these two factors, Romario, Ronaldo, Messi and other top players can single-handedly increase the ceiling of the team, and youth training is the cornerstone of Barca's team, and their role in "passing help" can not be underestimated. Coman's firefighting coaches Sergi and Guardiola were also born in 1971, and their player years are famous offensive left-backs in Spanish football, Xavi's promotion to the Barca first team coincided with Sergi's left-wing racing years at Barca, and Sergi's playing style as a player is somewhat similar to the current main left-back Alba who also grew up in Barca's academy.
After the youth training of Xavi and Puyol, with the revival of Barca, the hematopoietic ability of Barça youth training has also reached a new height, Messi, Iniesta, Pique, Pedro and other players have risen in the short term, the intersection of these players has made Barca brilliant again, and the manager of Barça in 2008-12 is also the former midfield soul Guardiola, for a time Barça's passing football has become popular all over the world, and the charm of "Barca DNA" has been talked about countless times by the media and fans.
Time has passed, what does this Barca have now? It can be said that Barça's football tradition determines that they have a unique preference for their own DNA, Messi, Neymar, Suarez and others are no longer in the team, and Barca has no "South American super genius" bonus. Frenchman Dembele may be the most talented player in this Barca team, but he has to lie in a hospital bed often because of injuries. De Jong and Depay? They are important in this Barca team now, but it seems that they are still some way from being the players who will decide the game. Pique, Busquets, Alba, Sergi Roberto, Barca's four captains all have youth backgrounds, but the youngest of them, Roberto, is also 29 years old, and Barca need more people who can contribute directly to the team.
In fact, if the current Barca team wants to get out of the difficult moment, it may really have to rely on the youth players again. Historically, when Barca's foreign aid is not smart, Barca's youth players tend to show amazing potential and adaptability. This is also where Barça football prides itself on. For now, young players such as Ansu Fati, Pedri, Nico Gonzalez and Garvey may be Barca's hopes.
Barca's youth players often bring a lot of surprises, such as the continuity of Pedri last season, such as Garvey's first selection for the national team to not be left behind in the confrontation with the European champions, such as Fati's talent in shooting. Regardless of whether Barca's reuse of youth players is a helpless move, the fact is that youth players are indeed very important to Barca, and under certain conditions may become the team's "secret weapon". At the time of Xavi and Iniesta's debuts, how many people would have thought they would become one of the best midfielders in the history of European football? After Barca's match against Celta, Xavi personally watched the B team match, indicating that Xavi understands the value of Barça's youth training, and he still has high expectations for Barça's youth training. If Barca want to get out of the current predicament, perhaps the youth training is really a force that cannot be ignored.
(Santiago-Wang)