Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez is facing a new problem within Barca, the hero of which is Sergio Busquets, the Blaugrana midfielder.
Busquets is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Xavi’s arrival to coach the team, with him Barcelona improved the pressure on the opponent, plays more together and the Spain star finds the appropriate context for his matches with Barca.
The Blaugrana captain not only enjoys manipulating the ball, but is one of the most effective players in getting it back on the opponent’s court, but Xavi is having more problems finding a replacement to give his star midfielder a rest.
It is clear that his bet so far is Frenkie de Jong, the Barca coach has spoken about the reasons why he is relying on the Dutch star as an alternative to Busquets, in many press conferences.
And according to what was reported by the newspaper “Sport”, Xavi pushed De Jong as a pivotal player in his match against Galatasaray, and also as happened against Napoli in “Camp Nou”, although he did not play as well in his best days in Ajax or the Dutch national team, which resulted in the player moving away from The brilliance is far from the way Busquets is looking for Barca.
And the newspaper pointed out, that by playing De Jong in the center of the pivotal midfield, so he lost the well-known flow of him, and another problem resulted in him that the Dutchman does not find harmony with his partners in the middle, as he used to find in Ajax.
And the newspaper said, that at least this season, De Jong’s best minutes were when he occupied the central midfield position, not the pivotal one, which he appeared on recently after many months of criticism.
Xavi admitted this in press statements in which he said: “De Jong understands what Barca wants from him. He is one of the best leaders in the way he plays, and he has strength. He arrived in the area and scores goals. When he remains free, he is better.”
But what happened in the Galatasaray match in the first leg of the 16th round of the European League, especially in the second half, he regained his position in the center of the central field after the substitute Busquets entered in place of Nico, after things went wrong for Barcelona, and he did not succeed in making The difference after the delay time. It is reported that the match ended in a goalless draw at Camp Nou, the stronghold of the Catalan club