How Xavi Revived a 40 Year Old Tactic At Barcelona

[@martijn_yt]

Bojan Krkic was extremely talented, the reason he did not succeed was not because of a lack of talent, but because he suffered from depression and anxiety disorder like so many talented young players. Football organizations still waste a lot of talent (and money !) and often underachieve as a team because of the outdated macho team culture based on verbal and even physical abuse which has a negative effect on self-confidence and team spirit.

[@irwinbonilla-guerra4196]

He said no one else was amongst the masía at his level to help push him. When he came into the first team he came up against players and talent he was I’ll prepared for. His play style was very similar to that of Messi. And Messi was just so much better so it seemed as if tho there was no space for him.

[@Keizer-v9c]

Gavi's passion for Barca reminds me of Puyol. It's just that sometimes he overcommits himself like against Porto. But he's a young kid and he'll learn with time ❤💙

[@The_Bod_Editz]

Xavi is a tactical master on and off the pitch

[@everythingsfine1395]

He is so bad as a coach

[@biswajitpramanik5650]

yeah, we saw that against shakhtar and alaves clearly a tactical master

[@velovis04]

@@biswajitpramanik5650 yes he is and I can show you bad period Of every great manager. that doesn’t mean shit.

[@biswajitpramanik5650]

@@velovis04 bro how is your tactical masterclass now against girona? Totally outplayed by a team 90 minutes

[@velovis04]

@@biswajitpramanik5650 yeah we had 4 xg countless shots and chances. Don’t confuse the incompetence of forwards with lack of tactics mate.

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

It's crazy that Lionel Messi (greatest player in the history of the football club), Andres Iniesta Xavi and Sergio Busquets the greatest midfield trio in the game Carles Puyol one of the best defenders of our generation came from the Barcelona academy and those notable players enjoyed a lot of success for club and country, Barcelona's Golden Age of football 2006-2015 where they dominated domestic football and European football all of them played a pivotal role in their success most of it was coached by Pep Guardiola another La Masia graduate who had success as a player and is now the best manager ever. Given the emergence of Gavi Alejandro Balde Lamine Yamal Fermin Lopez and others it's clear that this model for Barcelona is the best way going forward for them rather than paying big for superstars that don't quite fit the project they have a strategy in turning household names into superstars and the best players in the world. They have the best academy ever and I hope Barcelona gets back to dominating football a La Liga win last season was a good start and this group of players can achieve more.

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

Lamine Yamal is literally an unbelievable player. He is just 16 years old and is currently playing regularly for Barcelona and Spain. As a right winger for someone who's so so young he plays with purpose so confident in his game, he's trickery electric and he causes so much havoc for opposing defenders. When he was in the Barcelona academy, he was unstoppable and a scoring machine as well and he'll be a top caliber winger if he's managed very well for club and country. The way Barcelona was developing these young players from their academy, this is what led to them having a lot success and they're back to calling up players from La Masia and let's hope the likes of Pedri Gavi Lamine Yamal Alejandro Balde Fermin Lopez and others reach their full potential.

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

He's NOT Spaniard. El NO es Español.

[@superfun2175]

Where was he born?

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

@@superfun2175 Morocco

[@odoggy1767]

@@JohnDoe-kg6gy born in barcelona, not sure if you're saying this because of catalonia or because of his parents, but yes he is spanish and holds a first generation spanish citizenship.

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

@@odoggy1767 A mouse born in a estable DOESN'T make it a horse. A Ferrari made in China is a REAL Ferrari? NO NEVER NUNCA

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

Barcelona seriously had the best midfield duo ever in Xavi and Andres Iniesta who were both magicians on the ball to now having Pedri and Gavi who'll be the core of that midfield for a decade. Pedri never came from their academy and as soon as he showed his promise at Las Palmas, once he got to Barcelona he got a chance and quickly became one of the first names on the team sheet and he's even a starter on the Spain national team which tells you that he's destined for greatness in his career. A player who's known for his dribbling close control composure on the ball passing chance creation, he's a smooth operator whenever he plays and he is a world class midfielder and it's hard to believe that he's only 20 and they trusted the youth even in these difficult moments financially. Gavi has been in the Barcelona first team for 3 seasons and he's already one of the best midfielders in world football. He is a technical player who is very tidy with the ball at his feet, he's robust covers ground very versatile plays for the team and always gives a 100% effort every time he's on the field. It's true some people don't like his game as he fouls a lot of players and a lot of us say he's overrated, you have to watch what he brings to a team and Gavi is just that good when at 19 you're an automatic starter for club and country and he's a superstar in the making the fact that at his tender age, he's literally starting for both Barcelona and Spain which is impressive and he's already an important player for their team and is set up to have long term success as a player for this football club.

[@ipc2082]

As terrible manager tactically as koeman is, you got to give him credit for being the one who pushed ahead some of those gems like gavi, pedri & araujo

[@thomasbangura8235]

You said it all right on point. Barca has been wasting millions on players who did not fit into our style of playing, I believe now we are on the right path entrusting our la masia boys again.

[@oscarcatalan3533]

Ever since the day I seen gavi on his debut I already new the kid was a gem 🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴🔴🔵🔴

[@samyogadhikari5346]

Great video. I used to watch your clips randomly on instagram and didn't know you had a youtube channel but somehow I clicked on this video and it happens to be yours.

[@eplisoilleague]

I really hope injuries don't ruin us

[@sbboom4285]

Your new edit style is amazing!

[@Catfood-g3q]

Love you vids ❤

[@TheeSilverShroud]

Great video brother 💪

[@gucci274]

Great video man!!

[@Aymane-ul6ng]

Bro I tought that the video would be about tactics

[@sammy__dray]

Great video showcasing the growth of my club. But not a single tactic was discussed or explained in this video lol

[@avarismejia3324]

I'm surprised you were able to hear it lol, couldnt hear the music over his voice

[@pedtalkssports]

Thanks for the kind words. First sentence was about total football and using youth players in the 433 system. I thought it was clear that integrating the youth in a typical 433 set up is what Xavi is bringing back. I will make it clearer next time

[@stevenjaquin8218]

This Ajax fan says, respect your history.

[@lancenotdr]

back again with facts🙌🙌

[@rashdan1994]

this channel so underated 😍

[@akg1301]

Bro the background music is annoying or not fitting

[@pedtalkssports]

Ok bro thank you for the feedback

[@rizzo8879]

Nah man I think it's just ayt honestly... maybe you ought to work on your audio you know the mic n what not...

[@nihalbhamrah4726]

Nah bro its fine

[@segetking_6517]

Messi's journey at La Masia begins when he was just 13 year old in 2003. (Messi being 16 in 2003 :/) He actually started in 2000.

[@karlos777x]

1. Not every la masia player would become a Messi or Xavi, but many can be like Pedro Rodriguez or Victor Valdes. Because they understand the play style. 2. One of the main reasons there were no significant talents the past few years, is Rosell and Bartomeu, these two never believed in what made Barcelona great. They just wanted to sign big names. 3. There are many factors that affect the best development of a player, like injuries, lack of commitment to be a professional athlete and one of the most important: the bad influence of friends and family. La masia does everything they can to make good players, then they need to do their part too.

[@georgesr8979]

You put Pedri when you’re talking about la Masia haha, but great video overall

[@JoltzDaGhost]

Cannot allow the bojan slander to slide fam especially after what he went through personally

[@M3R0_Art]

Every one talk abt The Academy La Masia” now, but they always forget to mention the “Brain, the Education system and the Architech.” of the La Masia

[@erky2264]

Nice video, the background music didn't really fit to well tho in my opinion. Apart from that I enjoyed watching it.

[@hadiff6110]

do a video about xavi vs modric or iniesta vs modric debate people saying modric is clear cause of longevity and modric peaked when he turned 30 unlike xavi and inist paking at young age

[@miggyalejandro]

Don't forget Alex Balde. Keep an eye out for Marc Guiu as well.

[@Aloyzero]

bro forgot the economic levers barca had to activated to sign Lewy, Kounde and Rapinha, and don't forget they also splashed for Ferran Torres when they could have signed Julian Alvarez for less than half

[@adapasaipramod7285]

True

[@frankflowz6082]

Xavi is one of my favorites now

[@gian99_41]

Great video!

[@pedtalkssports]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pavlecvetanovic]

7:13 That was semifinal, not final.

[@pedtalkssports]

You are correct I misspoke 😅, semi final first leg

[@insouciantFox]

It should be noted that that 2012 side only had all 11 due to injuries to starters. Dani Alves in particular was out with an ankle injury.

[@jamemule5326]

7:09 😂😂😂

[@sergioq94]

I’m pretty sure Xavi just improvises

[@Dd-hw6jz]

You should start predicting games

[@johnseng9636]

I gotta say the bgm is a bit too loud 😅

[@alwaysdjango]

Pedro is not a la Masia product. Just felt to put it out

[@pedtalkssports]

He came at a late age but he is still technically a graduate of La Masia

[@flo3029]

1970s holland popularized total football*

[@iAmRomeeee]

You forgot Ale blade

[@MoY-10]

Bro you forgotten about balde

[@Axe_trons]

Bro forgot about balde

[@aaddaamm1100]

Pedri is not la masia he is las palmas

[@wizlb]

Dembele was not a bad Barca player and only a fool would state that

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

I still remember the English comments before the 2009 UCL final between Manchester United vs Barcelona... "Messi??.. he can't score against English teams, he's too small" Result: Barcelona won 2-0 with a Messi header and CR7 did nothing. Two years later was even better: Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3-1 with an exhibition of the best tiki taka ever.

[@EllisAnimalDefender]

When he said signing players like dembele griezman and coutinho I thought hmm wonder who was the president then 🤡 the man who brought our club to shame Bartomeu

[@Rodeo.W]

Defending a coach who has no clue how he is winning

[@colouredIncognito]

'xavi his strategy' Nah mate, its called 'debt collectors'

[@colouredIncognito]

Also, how do you ignore how unsustainable just using youth is..?😅😂

[@wizlb]

Pedri is not a Barca academy player Youth career 2012-2015 Tegueste 2015-2018 Juventud Laguna 2018-2019 Las Palmas Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2019-2020 Las Palmas 36

[@pedtalkssports]

you are correct my friend, hence why i said he isnt really from there but his style of play fits a typical La Masia graduate

[@bouzoukiman5000]

"...that La Masia is FAMOUS for producing" not damn infamous...trump is infamous La Masia is famous

[@khalidbashir4017]

KOEMAN started it

[@diogogoncalves3390]

what does this haver to do with the 40 year old tactics?

[@The_Bod_Editz]

7:28 actually I disagree Coutinho was amazing at Barcelona but because of the media perusure we expected too much from him

[@jeremyespana3739]

Hes was good for the first 6months, his second season was so underwhelming, and he wasnt great at all, and dembele was constanly injured too so our lw was dead. jordi alba wa carrying that side

[@The_Bod_Editz]

@@jeremyespana3739 i know his second season wasn't good but i mean if we didn't expect soo much maybe something different happened

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

Coutino was a TOTAL WASTE of money. Greatness is shown in BIG games when your team is down. Therefore Coutino is the typical "pechofrio" who disappears when the things are hard.

[@erky2264]

@@The_Bod_Editz well we paid 135 million for him so saying that we shouldn't expect so much from him is just hilarious, for such a huge amount of money the expectations are always very high

[@The_Bod_Editz]

@@erky2264 well i don't mean it was a low price but bartomeu was stupid

[@doge1590]

8-2

[@Penaldogslayer]

I guess Xavi will take Barcelona to UEFA Conference league one day..

[@monkesince1995]

Watched half but you are out off the topic

[@nsrnoah6781]

Pedri is not from La masia

[@pedtalkssports]

This was literally, specifically mentioned in the video

[@nsrnoah6781]

@@pedtalkssports You showed his face almost every single time la masia was mentioned lmao

[@pedtalkssports]

yeah its literally just a part of editing. In the section i talk about him i specifically say he is not FROM la masia, his playstyle just resembles that of a La Masia graduate. Everyone knows he is from Las Palmas@@nsrnoah6781

[@nsrnoah6781]

@@pedtalkssports Understandable have a great day

[@lawrenzo_12]

Right now, nah hh

[@YouTubeedits167]

Ronaldo is the best player in the world not Messi

[@gamegladiators777]

Trash xavi

[@farhanishtiak819]

xavi is not a great tactician.

[@johnnyjoestar1107]

Xavi is horrible right now bro