“Barça needed a person like Xavi”

Francisco Javier Garcia Pepper, former coach of Barça B until last season, praised in Esports COPE the role of Xavi Hernandez as Barça’s new coach and was optimistic about the team’s evolution.

“Although it has not been a long time and with some very young kids, which is more complicated, the first team is making a radical change. It is very faithful to the idea of ​​Barça and although sometimes victories are not achieved, we are getting closer and closer. You are looking at a very recognizable team and what the team needed was that, a person like Xavi“, he claimed.

Garcia Pepper He stated that “I am optimistic but I do not know if it will give us to win titles this season because the distance with Real Madrid is very great, although I am sure that Barça will be among the top four, and in the Europa League we have a very tough rival like Naples and there are very strong teams. But you have to be very calm because a new project has started with a very clear idea. You have to be patient with the young people, who are assuming responsibilities. I am sure that in this second round the team will go much better and the season that comes with the signings that I request Xavi And the little bit of experience that young people have and they can aspire to everything “.

Xavi He regretted that when he arrived he saw that the players did not understand the position game, which had been the essence of the club in this century. Garcia Pepper has his opinion on the matter: “I have been a coach of the Barça quarry for 17 years and I know that the players who come from abroad find it difficult to adapt to the positional game. That is the advantage that the players here have, who have been here for many years. training and playing that way and also believe that it is the best way to win. ” And he recognized that Barça had moved away from that idea with the last coaches since the goodbye of Luis Enrique: “His bet is practically that of the possession game and we also see it in the national team. But the following coaches, who are very good and have a great curriculum, are not used to playing this way. Xavi he believes 100% because he has lived it and when Barça has had great success it has been with home players. “In that sense, he added that” we have an incredible future, we must be patient with the issue of titles this season. The youngsters are very good and the advantage of this club is that the quarry does not stop and every time it is shown that the quarry player is prepared and has a good level “.

Regarding the arrival of Ferran Torres, he considered that it is “very good reinforcement because the problem we have is the forward. We are playing with Jutglah and AbdeThey’ve been here for a short time, and we need gunpowder upstairs. Ferran Torres He can play in the top three positions, although he is young, he has international experience and I think he will give us a lot. Register a pure ‘9’? That never goes wrong. Many times the plus that differentiates one team from another is the ‘9’ and it makes you win games “.

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