Are Iniesta, Fabregas and Xavi compatible? (Part 2)
Xavi Hernandez is a player who is all over the pitch helping the team in moving the ball around in the midfield. Andres Iniesta, on the other hand, links the midfield with the strikers. Cesc Fabregas is more like a centre attacking midfielder. He also helps
the strikers but he often makes a move forward to help the team in scoring goals.
Barcelona bought two players in this summer transfer window – Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas. Now, with the inclusion of Cesc Fabregas, the midfield is strong. However, the striking trio of David Villa, Pedro Rodriguez and Lionel Messi seemed to be perfect
and Josep Guardiola still wanted to change things round.
Josep Guardiola believes that having competition in the team gets the best out of the players. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez scored 98 goals altogether. They three were simply phenomenal while being up front. However, Guardiola still decided
to add a player like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 to the team in order to give competition to other players – so they score more goals.
Some would think that Josep Guardiola has done the same to the midfield of the team. Even though this seems likely, but the way Josep Guardiola plans things and said that Cesc Fabregas is a part of his “plans,” there is no doubt that he will become a first
team player at Barcelona.
There are five ways in which Cesc Fabregas can perform in the Barcelona team. Josep Guardiola is definitely going to consider all these five options, examine the results and chose from the best option.
The first and the “most-likely-to-happen” option for Cesc Fabregas is to become a natural replacement and successor to Xavi Hernandez. Xavi Hernandez currently performs at the heart of the pitch and he is the one who distributes the ball to his team mates
in order to keep good hold of the ball.
Cesc Fabregas can replace Xavi Hernandez as the Barcelona star is now 31 years old and does not have a lot playing years left. Fabregas can sit on the bench for now and keep replacing Xavi Hernandez in the Barcelona team.
This way Josep Guardiola will be able to take advantage of both the players. While Xavi will provide the team with strong passes and help them keep the ball for a long time, Cesc Fabregas will approach the game differently and attack and press high in order
to pressurize the opposition.
Moreover, Cesc Fabregas will slowly become a vital part of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 team while Josep Guardiola will play Xavi Hernandez in important games. The Spanish maestro, Xavi Hernandez can then feature in all the European fixtures while Cesc Fabregas can play
during the Spanish La Liga, the Spanish Cup and other domestic competitions.
Another way in which Josep Guardiola can play Cesc Fabregas is by injecting him into the first team. The Spaniard can play in the Barcelona starting line-up while Xavi Hernandez can replace him and warm the bench for the first half of the game.
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