How Josep Guardiola has been lining his team up? (Part 2)
The very next season, Barcelona managed to get their hands on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson of Manchester United was
also interested in signing him.
However, the Catalan Giants made sure that David Villa becomes a part of their first team. Josep Guardiola showed that he had no plans for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 in his team and the Swedish striker was loaned out to AC Milan.
The striking trio of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez. It was for the first time that all three of them were to play together. However, they managed to score 98 goals altogether.
The three worked out perfectly for the Spanish Champions.
Despite such extraordinary statics in terms of goal scoring, Josep Guardiola decided to buy a striker and not a defender – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979. Just when everyone thought that Barcelona have the best striking trio, Josep Guardiola invested in Sanchez to add more
competition in the first team.
Moreover, the young midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara looked to be promising throughout his time at the under 21 Championship and the pre season. Most people thought that he was Xavi Hernandez’s heir apparent; however, Josep Guardiola still decided to buy another
midfielder – Cesc Fabregas.
Barcelona played a 4-3-3 formation before these players arrived at the Nou Camp. While Victor Valdes played between the two sticks, he had four defenders to aid him. Furthermore, Jose http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pinto-c30032 sat on the bench to replace him whenever it was needed.
Eric Abidal played in the left back position. The former Sevilla player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxwell-c25051 played in the left back position.
The right back role was taken by the Brazilian star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves. Alves played for most of the season but whenever he was unavailable, Adriano took his right back position. However, in case Adriano did not play in the right back position, it was the young
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player Montoya who featured in that position.
The centre midfield kept on changing throughout the last season. Josep Guardiola kept switching the centre back partnership. While the first team centre backs are Gerard Pique and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331, they rarely partnered up throughout the last season.
Puyol suffered a knee injury during the season and he rarely made any appearances for the first team. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 was tested in the centre back role alongside Gerard Pique but Guardiola realized that the young Spaniard was required to play in the holding
midfield position.
Josep Guardiola then decided to play the full back Eric Abidal in the centre back role. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 took the centre back role
and formed a partnership with Gerard Pique.
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