This was even explained very well by Thierry Henry in one of his Sky Sports interviews, wherein he explained Guardiola’s system. Game of Thrones started (and ended), The Walking Dead started (and will never end), we had a handful of royal weddings, Star Wars came back, multiple countries elected straw-haired incompetents and every single football team on the planet busted their balls trying to catch up to Barcelona. Entre les mois de novembre et décembre, le Barça enchaîne sept matchs officiels en n'encaissant qu'un but tandis qu'il en marque 33 (33 buts à 1 en 696 minutes de jeu)En Ligue des champions, le FC Barcelone termine à la première place de son groupe avec quatre victoires et deux nuls. Barcelona 2010/11: The Team Everyone Spent the Decade Trying and Failing to Out-Do Chris Deeley 20 Dec 2019 Barcelona's 2010/11 side are part of … Xavi with a brilliant switch of body position confused the defence line, complemented by the brilliant movement of Villa and Pedro; starting wide then cutting inside then going back wide again to lose their markers.A brilliant switch of play as Xavi found Villa isolated on the opposite wing, Villa beats Ramos with a dribble and squares it to the rushing Pedro who scores the second goal of the match. Those movements happen for a reason and not by coincidence as many think; they are carried out for the purpose of generating numerical superiority in areas proximate to the ball. United were left shell-shocked as Eric Abidal, just two months removed from surgery to remove a tumour in his liver, lifted the trophy in London. Wenige Tage haben die Verantwortlichen des FC Bayern noch Zeit, darüber zu entscheiden, ob sie die Kaufoption in Höhe von 120 Millionen Euro für den vom FC Barcelona ausgeliehenen Philippe Coutinho ziehen oder nicht. His players have been trained to use their head before every pass, before every action; for each action there’s a consequent reaction after it. Ronnie Dog Media Comm. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. The pivot pushes to the side to open up space for Xavi to drop deep and collect the ball from the keeper; acting as an extra man who isn’t marked. "They do mesmerise you with the way they pass it. This goal was scored in The main key here that allowed Barcelona to score is the central overload that was created, a 3 vs 2 with Xavi-Iniesta-Messi having an edge over Park and Carrick.After covering the team’s attacking aspect, the defensive side should be focused on as well. In Pep’s mind, he despises the idea of being a “reactive” side; he always prefers his team to be “proactive” not only in attack, but also in defence.There must be a guideline which the players base their decisions on regarding when to press and when to hold back. However, below I have mentioned some plays or excerpts from famous matches that resulted in goals for the Catalan team:United’s lines were broken by Iniesta’s pass to Xavi. So what Guardiola did to answer those questions was put together the best side of the 2010s, and one that Sir Alex Ferguson described as the best he'd ever come up against. Positioning players in a diagonal manner opens up different angles for passing and makes it hard for the opposition to properly mark them without disorganizing their lines. Basically the moves carried out in the middle third enable the attackers to get a clear chance on goal, so that’s where the extended buildup happens. However, the way Guardiola’s team used to defend proved to be the foundation on which teams built their defensive strategy on. To counter it, the center backs split wide and two midfielders drop between them to open up passing lanes. The creative midfield players are chosen by Pep to play in Zones 6 and 8, and, 13 and 15; the reasoning behind it being that they are the popular “half-spaces” that most opponents’ formations can’t cover.The general recommendations to ensure the fluid flow of the game using this field can be categorized as the following: no more than 3 players can occupy the same To ensure positional superiority and compact structure, the team must play a minimum of 15 passes and progress up the field along those passes.