How Xavi rescued Barcelona
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Since taking over as the manager of Barcelona in January 2022, Xavi Hernandez has made a significant impact at Camp Nou. As a former player who won numerous titles with the club, Xavi has brought his unique style of play and understanding of the Barca philosophy to the managerial role.
Under his leadership, Barcelona have enjoyed a resurgence - winning La Liga and playing some of the most attractive football in Europe. But how did he bring silverware back to Catalonia? JJ Bull takes a dive into how Xavi has changed the game for Barcelona.
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Pedri has the mind of an elite experienced 35 year old player. Unbelievable composure and decison making for his age, and immaculate technique.
Barca is not the same team without him.
p-p-p-p-p-pedri! 🎉
Not to mention the fact that back in 2019 when everyone in barca were entirely dependent and were always passing to Messi, Pedri stepped up and actually played like he was Messi's teammate helping him
those accordion sound effects add so much quality to the video
I wanted them to continue as he expanded and contracted the teams positioning using his hands
Worldclass stuff
Totally worth that second round of confetti.
JJ really hammered home on the importance of Pedri to this Barcelona team and I 100% agree. Like, who doesn't love Pedri?
We must ask, which up and coming players are likely to ensnare the Ballon d’Or for the generation?
great player, great person
Even Pedris arch nemesis likes Pedri, which is testament to how nice a guy Pedri really is
To be fair he was out for most of the season
Real Madrid fans
And then there are still lots of people claim that Pedri is overrated. Look how crucial he is to the team at such young age. Anyway, congratulation to my favorite football club for winning the Laliga title. Visca Barça 🔵🔴
He is overrated, that doesn't mean he's bad tho. Ppl are acting like he's the 2nd coming of Zidane 😂, he's not even close but he's a quality player.
@@furiousscotsman2916 No one's saying he is any similar to Zidane tho? Totally different skillsets. And nah he ain't overrated if people are saying he's below the likes of Phil Foden and Musiala.
@@robben5061 I didn't say they where im saying they are acting like he is the 2nd coming of zidane, as in ppl are acting like hes as good as zidane was as a player hence why hes overrated because hes not that good and likely never will be, Thats what overrated means, people rate him higher than he actually is.
Is he class yes is he a good player also yes , is he anywhere near other world class players at the same age... no so he is... say it with me... overrated.
@@furiousscotsman2916 who tf compare Pedri to Zidane, they play 2 different position as well as they own different skillsets
@@furiousscotsman2916 cry more
When you think about it, Barca has been unlucky in these last UCL campaigns, especially this season. Bayern is Bayern, Inter is know the UCL finalist. Against both of them, Barca had some serios injury problems, Araujo was injured etc. The back 4 was ridiculous in many of these games. Alonso, Bellerin, Eric Garcia, Pique played many minutes, who are nowhere near the level of our startinh back 4: Kounde-Araujo_Christensen-Balde
Injuries are the problem
And that clear penalty against inter
Even inzhagi knew it
Also against Bayern in the first game, we dominated that match up until the goals. Lewa should have sank them on multiple occasions but he was off his game
We will go further in ucl next year for being in Pot 1 finally
@@techmania5957 that dumfries hand ball had me screaming at my tv :(
Like Sir Alex once said, attack wins you matches while defence wins you titles (I'm glad Xavi took those words seriously and applied those lessons to the T)...
0 errors leading to goals all season is insane.
Ter Stegen saved our asses countless times
I'd like to know how this stat is calculated. I've just noticed the video is 10 days old at the moment of writing, this stat may have changed in the mean time :D
what does that mean? is own goal not errors? kounde, araujo and christensen all scored on Ter Stegen
Pedri and De jong are hands down the most important players to Barca since Messi, they both provide control and without them we crumbled. Which is funny considering the board tried to sell De jong last summer (thank god he didn't leave). i'm also glad we secured a generational talent like Pedri he's out of this world, all and all i think the future is bright considering LaLiga is going to approve Barca's viability plan to do transfers.
Also Araujo, without Araujo we would have conceded so many important goals.
@Jose A Ter as well he was our best player in the first half of the season when our defence hasn't clicked yet and he still continued this form throughout the season
@@Granglife Summary: the whole defensive line was spectacular most of this season. (Except Pique of course which is probably what you refer to on "defense hasn't clicked", we had to play him in important games and costed us UCL knockouts) Not only Araujo and Ter Stegen. Christensen's performance was 11/10 considering he arrived for free, spectacular player one of the best CBs in the world right now. Kounde also did a very good season not as brilliant as Christensen and Araujo but also gave a lot security. Nothing needed to say about Balde probably the most important offensive player this season, incredible talent. Even Marcos Alonso deserves praise he was dependable when playing CB, and "dependable CB" is really, really good for a player whose natural position is not at all CB but offensive fullback and that arrived for free as well.
There's still a lot of money in the banana stand. The wages were just insane.
Tebas has given a more positive comment for Barca in recent times though. Yes they need to sell players, but they’re very close to the 1:1 ratio for player wages and spending now than they were last year.
Yup. Its reported that out of that 200 million, considering the departure of Griezman, Pique, Busi, Sale of Lenglet and Umtiti, it will already come down to 80-90 million.
Salary reduction of Alba and a major sale could get them on 1:1 ratio and can execute their viability plan to sign Messi and reinforcing the depth.
@@athul0687 de Jong
@@olafharoldsonnii4713 Club is planning to give a contract extension To Dejong, so salary will be spread across the years helping FFP and Dejong can earn more over the course.
@@olafharoldsonnii4713de jong won’t be sold
I tune in to barca games to watch pedri nowadays. He is every bit worth the hype and scarily good. I just hope he doesn't peak to early and drops off
I am not even sure why I tune in anymore. Barça won the league with good numbers, but a lot of games were painfully painful to watch. And now that the title is secured, they're just gonna let every last game slip.
They will exit the Champions League in the group stage again unless the 2 bottom teams are pushovers.
The 200M isn't only in the summer, pique leaving, selling Griezmann, Depay, etc already counts off that number
I think it would make a good video talking about how the control teams (Barca, Arsenal, Man City) counter attack, not artificial transitions but when they actually win the ball back
Agree
what are artificial transitions?
@@tukhorhassan7737 its like inviting players to press so that u break there defensive structure and u form a situation where a typical counter attacking team would form when they regain ball where there is lots of space to exploit but the advantage is that u will have the ball and u will create such spaces without giving the ball. mostly works against high press and mid blocks too but also works against low blocks if u make the opponent team frustrated by keeping possession so that they force mistakes. de zerbi (brighton's manager) is widely know for using this tactic and makes team who play control or possession football more easy and makes the demand of technicality less due to availability of passing in open spaces, this type of football requires a mix of pace, technicality and tenacity.
@@tukhorhassan7737 another meaning of it can be intentionally giving ball back in order to win second balls and create counter attacking opportunities, this requires high stamina and heavy pressing along with pace and physicality, mourinho is kinda known for it but it is popularized by german teams and coaches, player needs to have the skill to win balls in this type of football
I’ve been saying this the whole season, Pedri easily cracks top 3 midfielders in the world.
Maybe, but I dont think he does easily. Not with kev, valverde, leao, Modric and Gavi.
@@rafsanarintika8987 Gavi?
The guy think leao is a midfielder. He even mentioned Valverde and Gavi in the same sentence of top midfielders 😅
JOELINTON
@@rafsanarintika8987 Gavi Lmao
When you showed the assists stats you should also have had pre-assists, that's where pedri excels with how Xavi makes him play. He's very often setting up the assist and goal. And surprisingly got quite a few goals to himself
It’s actually crazy how many good managers Barcelona produce… but they also have a comprehensive organized academy in la Masia. It’s like they produce their brand own theory on football, and they just get naturally educated on a deeper level about the game.
It's early to tell how good Xavi is, we will have to wait once he actually gets his players and a proper budget for transfers. But he got us a solid defense for once and I will give him credit for that.
@@sumomaster5585 Well, Barca hasn’t won the league since 18/19 and there’s immediate success when he arrives after some dark ages. He’s made fundamental changes and the club is in financial trouble. Also it’s a pretty young team and they’re finding great success… you need to be good in order to pull it off. I’m not saying he’s an all time great, but he can be a heavy weight manager, if he continues the trajectory.
That was Johan Cruijff's work, nobody else.
@@hiufgterde It is Cruijff’s work and vision. If not for Cruijff, Messi would likely never hit the top, because there were an unspoken minimum height requirement in Spain at the time, which Cruijff did not buy into. It still need to work after him… and that’s a fundamental thing I love about Barca, is you can groom a talent in La Masia and he can then jump into the pitch, and he can play with a worldclass veteran and it seems like they’ve been playing together forever, even though it may be their very first match together. That’s culture.
@@Christian_Bagger yeah that was pure insanity back then. But I love Barca for having the strength to continue that vision. Usually it only works for a while and then people come in and want to change everything….like at Ajax for instance.
Now we need to have luck in the UCL next season. This year we had the toughest group and terrible luck with injuries. Our entire backline was injured for a couple matches...
He's a footballing genius, so I'm not surprised how theyve done
The accordion imagery and sound especially helped me FINALLY understand squeezing structure in football after 40 years of watching the game. Thank you JJ and Tifo. 😂
I was waiting for a video like this, amazing as always! 👏
Great video and analysis, you've got everything spot on
Barcelona going out of the champions league has everything to do with the depth of the squad. They had to play against bayern and inter with the entire backline injured . The whole defense was injured and they had to play with pique eric garcia and bellerin. They lost the first classico with this defense .after they all came back from injury they were flying in la liga .
But injuries are part and parcel of game. Every team should deal with it.
@@nightking8490 you're right it is part of the game . But that just sounds nice and that is not reality. You have to have a good bench cause injuries will kill your first 11.
@@curtischarles5299and for good bench aka good squad depth we need good finances which isn't there now. Our biggest mistake was to make messi as a demi god. Though he was too good and he is the goat, over reliance on him costed too much. We should have instead have spent most in filling players in defender position, which meant that we avoid anfield tragedy and 8 2 defeat from Bayern.
Our priority should be to make into UCL as deep as possible with hopes of not winning it. It will be too soon. If Barca gets semi or quarters I'm happy.
With finance intact, we could build better project.
@@curtischarles5299 we indeed wasted money on those losers like Coutinho, Dembele etc in name of hype. That barto guy destroyed this club to the maximum. Even though I don't like Laporta,he is to Barca what perez is to Madrid.
@@curtischarles5299well i think best possible route for Barca will be to sell itself to Qatar or Saudis. Everyone will fight to neck to own our club. Though I know it is opposite to fan owned model, but the thought of these idiot socios voting in another bartomeu sends chill down my spine. 😰😰
Loads of podcasts out there, you guys are the only one talking nuance and tactics about how they did it this season. Keep it up!
Early into xavi membership i saw them v athelico. I was very impressed with their pressing and shape. It was obvious that the team were creating an identity.
Comprehensive explanation for everything going on at Barcelona rn 🙏🏽🙏🏽 loved this
Yes, a Barça video
Loving the Arrested development references and the version of JJ that's just dropped. Disco JJ 🕺🎉
I think he forgot to mention the importance of gavi and frenkie de Jong. Those two have been phenomenal this season. Without frenkie we crumbled terribly in the copa del ray match against Madrid and that just speaks to his quality as a midfielder. Hes so wonderful on the ball
Gavi's defensive workrate is insane as well, he's truly internalized that pressing mentality. He also has his flashes of creative brilliance as well. Itll be great to see how these players evolve in the coming years
And the greatest gift of all is that they all truly love the club
I hope everyone understood. Playmaking IS NOT assists or creating chances alone. I hope everyone gets this from now on.
Love abit of JJ and Spanish analysis
We really need a sensible transfers video for Barcelona @tifo
We need more teams to squeeze so that JJ can showcase it and hear more accordion asmr
Pedri will win atleast 1 BDR if Barca win the Champions League in coming seasons.
Barca isn't winning UCL in coming 10 to 15 years. They might even play well, but they are Tottenham of ucls. Bottles
@@nightking8490 I think if Messi comes and they sort their injury issues they might be UCL contenders.
Imagine Messi feeding lewa and good enough wings of Dembuz and Raphinha.
😍😍😍 we are happy 🎉
Love the arrested development analogy at 1:23 haha
Mi equipo 💙❤️
Something fun (or funny) that I've noticed about Pedri is that most of the chances he creates tend to be off through balls that set a teammate up for a 1v1 kinda situation where they seemingly just have to beat the keeper. Fati, Lewy, Ferran, Dembele and Raphinha have, from recollection, coincidentally each missed one such chance. So perhaps that's where the majority of Pedris xAG went 😂
Love the higher energy editing. Keep the jokes coming plz
After teasing those accordian sounds I was left craving more
i agree i’ve been saying we need another playmaker no one is gonna be pedri but someone like gundogan or even messi would be perfect if he actually plays D and helps the press his vision composure and dribbling is unmatched
anyone else think JJ might be a fan of Pedri?
It's impossible not to be. Every person that watches him play knows he is spectacular. At some point this season before his injury he was in an absolute and permanent state of grace that he was definitely the best football player in the world, ahead of Messi, Mbappe and whoever you want to name, it was like if he had aerial view and had the spirits of Xavi, Messi, Iniesta, Modric and Zidane mentoring him on what to do every second, the game was an open book for him. Hopefully he can show us this level again after his injury and next season, because he had been playing an excessive amount of minutes and that caused his injury and can weigh down on his progression. Barca desperately needs another midfielder of guarantees to give him and Gavi some rest, such young players cannot play everything it is not good for their bodies.
Pedri plays like he's from the Masia, he is our generational player!
How do you replace the im-placeable?
😂😂😂
I love Tifo
They don’t carry enough threat. Won La Liga with a historical outlier of a defensive season. Not good enough in the CL. Gavi and Pedri are both incredible but if Lewandowski is expected to score all the goals their ceiling is quite limited. Need a quality player at inside left who can drop into the box midfield but also put up decent goals scoring numbers.
No one's gonna talk about the arrested development banana stand reference!!! Love it 😂
The accordion sound that pops when jj squeezes his hands is so stupid it's hilarious
JJ bull goin buck wild for Pedri. Looks like Barca may go for Amrabat this summer as a Busi replacement
I just got an idea on how Messi could play if He returns without changing the structure much:
You could have him play the Gavi position as kind of a false winger/8 and put gavi in the midfield alongside Pedri (you have space now that Busquets is going). Could be interesting to create more from the center instead of the wings
u end up with no dm though and frankie only works in a pivot, dropping pedri/gavi back to support means ur losing a lot of attacking outlet
Messi back at Barca is a nice story but on the pitch it'll hurt the progress in some ways. Gavi is the pitbull of Barca press. Xavi gives him almost free reign in creating havoc. Take him out and it effects everyone
why would you upset the balance of the team which is doing well now to bring in Messi? It would change the dynamics and it would be a huge gamble...and for what? So he can play for another year or 2 in the barca shirt? It feels more like a step backwards honestly
Could easily see Barcelona make a move for Thiago Alcantara in the summer. Only has one year left on his contract and Liverpool are looking to overhaul their midfield. Quality player who Xavi played, so if they can work around the transfer restrictions, I'm sure he'd be eager to bring him back to the Camp Nou.
Isn't he injury prone ?
He is too old and injury prone.
@@viscaelbarca4035 for la liga's intensity, he is a good match for Barcelona. smart, very good technically, La Masia product, and of course he can offer guidance to young players.
lol u think barca is dumb to buy such an old finished player? Bartomeu is not in barca anymore lol
I think they were successful in the league because in each game there was always at least one player, who performed well. This creates consistency within the league, but was not sufficient enough for the tournaments.
That accordeon sound made me LOL twice. Two times.
the accordion touch was class from the editor lol
It's a rebuild at it's best, Xavi wanted to build a young squad but he knows how important seniors players also, Busquet, Alba, Sergi Gomez, have done their job to lead these young guns, and its time for them to challenge next season.
Not really. Barca is unbalanced. There are no good wingers with Fati MIA since his injuries. Even Dembele is bad and wouldn't be playing for Barca if not for the financial troubles and Bartomeu baffling deals. There shouldn't be so many youngsters especially in defence, they are liable to make mistakes. A proper team always have a solid base of players in their peak years (24-29) and few talents coming up plus few experienced SSS players (Messi, Benzema, Lewa..etc).
@@sumomaster5585 not really, learn the word "rebuild", its a process, of course they are not as solid as Messi era, but they are going there, the core player is very young, and Xavi knows what to add and reduce to balance the team.
i rewinded the video just to see the dance again.
hmm now i see why there's a rumor of Messi come back to Barcelona on tactical side. Messi can play on that left attacking midfield role. he will come as a free agent (along with Auba maybe).
Barcelona doing what Italian clubs (mainly Juve) done for years. hiring 30+ cheap/free agent players
I played barca for 2 years in PES. 4 3 3 is almost same as 5 2 3 if you play PES using Barca because the AMF also can go as CF or SS... Last time there were midfielders i used a lot which are Seido Keita as defensive mid, Xavi, and Iniesta as attacking midfielder.. I used a lot 4 3 3 alot but actually only 2 midfielders as attacking midfielders... When reduced the centre forward strikers from 3 to 2... There are more midfielders means more space for the midfielders to switch position from midfielders to strikers anytime we want.
The Spotify Camp Nou deal is quite smart. Barca aren't going to be using the stadium for the whole of next season, because of construction work is going to commence. That's one year less of having to use that name
The naming rights money increase once the renovation is done.
the missing key in barca consistency is the squad depth, they got a strong team on line up, but the gap quality on the bench is too far behind once subtitution is done, the structure starts to collapse.
There's always money in a banana stand. THERE"S ALWAYS MONEY IN A BANANA STAND
YOU BURNED DOWN THE BANANA STAND
Love the Arresyed Development references
The xa vs actual assists is funny because yes he actually has been very unlucky. Until last game he seemed cursed bc almost every game he’d create a big change and it would get missed
Love me an Arrested Development reference
Xaviball ♥️💙
Anyone who references Arrested Development is a prince.
Need a full video about replacement of Sergio busquets.
Anyone actually so thrilled at the use of an Arrested Development reference in this video 😂😂😂 so hard to find others who have seen it
reelected in march 2021
Appreciate the arrested development reference
The sound effects 😂😂
the one thing that is forgotten in this research is how in december 2022 la liga president Tebas changed the rules of fairplay so that a lot of the money coming from the levers, would not be considered as income, therefore forcing Barca to the point where it was back in the summer - all in all Barca is on its way back struggling against a very skewed liga field that only seems to work for mr Florentino!
Barcelona tactics are out of this world
Whenever JJ discusses Barcelona all I hear is his Pedri song
OH YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE PEDRIIII
Pedri and FDJ are Barca most important midfielder.
When they are out of the team. The quality drops.
What Barca needs in the summer is more quality backup options all around the pitch from defense to midfield to attack.
Wouldn't it make sense to play Kessie in the Busquets Role? Not quite the same player, but from bis Milan Days i know he runs for two defensively which could be really useful in case Messi comes in. Like to hear thoughts about this
I think this could work, with FDJ as a double pivot, I don’t think Kessie as a single pivot would help much, especially as both kessie and FDJ like to make forward runs, with FDJ making much more powerful drives forward with the ball
@@chriscestero keeping the box midfield shape you mean?
@@knuckleball6784 Yeap exactly, him and FDJ making up and covering on the defensive side for what we’d lose with Messi would be good
Not good enough with the ball
Super random arrested development reference but I appreciated it 😂
Papering over them cracks the Barcelona way
It seems that a luxury shop named Barcelona is going to have a BIG sale this summer.
Can you make a sensible transfer for Barcelona next season
As a Barca fan yes but the team still needs work. I give it at least 2 more years the Abel to compete in Ucl
Its gonna be pedri JJ loves pedri oh he loves pedri pedri pedri pedri pedri🎺🎵🎶
He just really likes pedri
what song is JJ singing?
THERE’S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANAS STAND!!!! “No touching!” “No touching!”
Please do tactical analysis on arsenal vs Brighton 0:00
How Xavi Rescued Barça:
JJ Bull: “Pedri!🎉”
V predictable.
need to know where you got the top
Love the Arrested development reference, best US comedy of all time no doubt.
So you took that Iniesta t-shirt from the wall, put it on yourself for this video and put a picture of it in the frame. You thought we wouldn't notice, but we see you
For anyone wondering, it was an "Arrested Development" reference
WM formation from way back in the day
I beg you to put all the paintings at the same height😢😢
Creating space and not using it thats what i saw iam still not convinced in the attacking performance
that arrested development reference
Tifo might some levers of their own to afford confetti
Oo oo oo! I know this one! Is it "They swapped Depay for Lewandowski"
13 in goals in two years Out, Golden Boot winner In. Lewandowski would score 20 goals a year for Cadiz
I don't think frenkie can take busquets possition. Busquets is 100% defensive and passing. Frenkie is a very offensive player.
It would make their defense numbers crumble.
sensible transfers episode pls?
Should've mentioned that along with all their other problems, Javier Tebas is trying to sink the ship at every possible opportunity, not to mention he's openly stated he's a Real Madrid supporter
Barcelona is Greece’s economy and Javier Tebas is Germany
Not really. Unlike Greece, Barca make a ton of money, at one point the highest club by revenue...their issue is severely mismanaging their money to a baffling point.
need a xabi leverkusen video to match.
Did JJ bull just make an arrested development reference?
Doesn't winning Laliga means there will be remuneration of sort (Prize money) that comes with winning the league and should decrease outstanding balance?
Winning the league; 25% goes to the money lenders that purchased part of the tV rights. So it’s essential Barca wins stuff particularly the league for continuous financial progress whilst rebuilding.