http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 – A team with all the depth required? (Part 2)
Despite the fact that Barcelona needed defenders more than the strikers, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez
was made to play on the right flank and the formation really worked out for the Catalan Giants.
Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta didn’t find their perfect substitutions but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara showed the world what he is capable of and Josep Guardiola often
played him in the team to keep building his experience.
The defenders remained the same but the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan full back Maxwell and the Sevilla star Adriano joined the team and filled in the spaces of left back and right back. Even though Adriano is naturally a left footed player, he was often played as a right
full back by Josep Guardiola.
Daniel Alves, who is a crucial part of Josep Guardiola’s plans, was substituted by Adriano. Even though the former Sevilla star could not produce as good results as Daniel Alves, he still got the job done defensively. On the other hand, Eric Abidal replaced
the injured http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 in the centre back position and formed a partnership with Gerard Pique.
With Abidal and Gerard Pique playing their part in the centre back roles, Maxwell joined the team in the left back position. Maxwell did not have enough upper body strength but he was outstanding while moving up the flank. The process of moving forward reversed
with Maxwell joining the first team alongside Adriano.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxwell-c25051 provided with the threat from the left flank.
The only player who managed to replace Gerard Pique in the first team was the La Masia product and the Barca B centre back Andreu Fontas. The young centre back even scored in a match during the UEFA Champions League as the Catalan Giants faced the Russian
Champions – Rubin Kazan.
Currently Barcelona have the squad needed to win all the titles available to them. Back in 2009 they had a lesser depth in the squad but now they have everything that is required to win trophies.
Back in 2009, the Spanish Champions had an average defence as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sylvinho-c34439 was good enough for the Spanish Champions
while Carles Puyol and Pique were able to form an outstanding defensive partnership.
Yaya Toure provided the team with all the body strength required in the holding midfield position. Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez adapted well with the tiki-taka style of play and they managed to impress in the midfield.
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