Are Iniesta, Fabregas and Xavi compatible? (Part 5)
The last and the best option available for Josep Guardiola is to play a three man midfield which consists of Cesc Fabregas, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta. All these players are different from each other and they can definitely play together in the same
team.
Even though many compare Cesc Fabregas to Xavi Hernandez and say that he is a natural successor to the Spanish maestro, he can still fit into the Barcelona first team. However, Guardiola will have to forego the services of the Spanish youngster Sergio Busquets.
The Catalan coach can play all these three players in the midfield and assign no positions to them. They can float freely at any position in the midfield and they can decide which one is to play in the holding midfield, who is to play in the centre and who
is to attack. The three can keep switching their positions.
Barcelona are going to adapt to the Dutch model of total football. All the midfielders can be placed anywhere and there are definitely advantages of this style of play.
All the three midfielders are going to track back and defend for the team. Moreover, all of them will combine in order to help the team in the attack. There are definitely flaws in this plan as well but Barcelona are definitely stronger than before.
The European Champions are going to take a lot of time settle with this formation but once the plan is done, there is nothing stopping them. With a midfield which consists of players like Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas, the team is rarely
going to give the ball away.
With this plan, the services of Thiago Alcantara can also be taken under consideration. In case Fabregas is replacing Xavi Hernandez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara might replace Andres Iniesta. However, if Josep Guardiola tries to play the total football system, Thiago
can replace any of the three midfielders as all three of them cannot perform in each and every game of the season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 only need a replacement for the aging captain
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 and they might just find one during the transfer market of the next season.
In case Barcelona want to play a defensive team, Javier Mascherano and Sergio Busquets can feature in the holding midfield role while Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez or Cesc Fabregas can play in the attacking midfield. Fabregas is more familiar to this type
of system where he is the only attacking midfielder and there is a holding midfielder along with a box to box midfielder behind him – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-Song-c4804.
Josep Guardiola has played his cards right after the two signings he has made in this summer transfer window. Many have pointed out that the Catalan coach has made a mistake but there is no doubt that the Catalan Giants are nothing but even stronger in this
season.
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