When Koeman left class, Barça ranked 9th in La Liga, and only scored three points in the third round of the Champions League, especially the humiliation of Benfica 3:0 on the road, which made it difficult for many Barca fans to accept, it is true that Barça had just suffered Messi's departure.
But after losing to Atletico and Real Madrid, Laporta even endured until Granada gave Barca a fatal blow, they won 1-0 at home to Barca, Koeman quickly left the class, and Xavi returned to the countdown.
On November 6, 2021, after Barca ended their match against Celta, Barca announced the return of the team's meritorious Xavi, from a rational point of view, Xavi's return has been good and bad, but it is undeniable that Xavi returned to Barca at the most dangerous time.
Barca's achievements during the Coman era
Next, ChatBall Jun will analyze with you the pros and cons of Harvey's return to Barca, and what changes have been made to Barca after Harvey's return!
1. Why Harvey chose to return this season
After returning to Barcelona from La Porta, rebuilding "La Masia" Barca is his most important slogan!
Obviously, such a change requires a strong senior management and a head coach who can implement basic changes, that is, a manager from Barca.
Xavi is not only a pure Catalan, but has already started his coaching career in Qatar, and he has worked with LaPorta for many years, which is undoubtedly very suitable for the position of Barcelona manager in the post-"Dream Three" era!
Harvey's timing was interesting
In March 2021, Laporta returned to Barca, and there was no rumor about Koeman leaving class and Harvey returning, but in the end the two sides did not agree.
In August 2021, Barça, whose contract had already expired, had to go to France with Barca's official statement.
A few months later, Barca's new season began, Koeman was out of the league, and Xavi returned to the line of fire.
Harvey and Messi are very good friends, this is certain, but chat ball jun here bold guess, the aunt is delusional, everyone has a different opinion, you look at it.
For Xavi, his coaching experience is not rich, in Qatar, to come to a club like Barca, to be honest, it is difficult to get on the stage, Xavi's most important addition is that it is a "pure Barça", and la Porta's support.
He must want to build the team according to his own mind, which is very likely to touch Messi's position at Barca, or that after Barca's difficult performances in the past many years, Xavi prefers to change his life, Messi is not his long-term plan, nor Barca's.
Messi and Harvey were not a match made in heaven
As Messi gets older, Harvey will have more and more possibilities of conflict with Messi, which will not only affect the atmosphere of the team's dressing room, but also make Harvey's return a complete failure, and the older Messi will not be better.
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Therefore, Harvey is avoiding Messi to some extent, which is a "landmine" that he can't touch, but can't ignore, Messi can rely on in the short term, but in the long run, how Messi will be placed in the future is a big problem.
Just like C Ronaldo returned to Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer used, played badly to carry the pot, played well, and did not have too much credit from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, facing the world's superstar and most influential players, the head coach had to face the media and fans at all times!
2. What are the advantages of Xavi's return to Barcelona?
As a person who knows barca's traditional tactics well, Xavi has the ability to teach everything he has been to youth players or members of the first team, and for Barca fans, what matters to Barça is not which player or coach, but the tactical style they rely on, which once made them stand on top of the world!
Barca's foundation is still there
You can clearly see that even if this is a civilian Barça, their foundation is still there, and the tactical style on which Barça depends has not been completely destroyed.
Xavi can continue to promote Barça's traditional football on top of this, and in previous interviews, Xavi was shocked by the situation of the team, because in the years since he left, many places in Barça have changed and seem to have lost their DNA.
And Xavi is to re-import for Barca, the DNA that once helped them stand on the top of world football, will it succeed? No one knows, but Laporta and Harvey are undoubtedly "conservatives" who have had successful experiences and will try to move in the direction they once were!
Today, Barca's tikitaka shows no signs of being left behind.
3. The drawbacks of Harvey's return to Barcelona
Xavi's return will inevitably mean that the purges will occur, all players who do not conform to Barca's tactical style will be immediately beaten into the cold palace, the club will try more youth players, you know, this is risky, no matter how good the tactics, you also need to adapt to the players!
Barca lack important players
Today's Barça, the most goals scored is dePay, which is a good illustration of the team's problem, there are not many top players.
Guardiola has advocated the introduction of his own style system at Manchester City and Bayern, which is based on two clubs that are very strong and economically excellent.
Xavi needs to use the existing conditions to develop young players who are in line with the tactical style, not that it is impossible to bring in top players, and now It is difficult for Barca's finances to support such a large investment.
Xavi takes time, perhaps far more than the 24-year contract he signed with Barca, and now that Barca is getting better, can he be said to be on the road to success? No, at least talk about the ball jun believes that it is not possible, at least until Xavi leads Barca, gets a championship trophy, and can maintain the Champions League knockout round all year round, it can be said that it is on the road to success, right?
4. What have changed in Barcelona since Harvey's return?
The most important point is that Harvey's return has stabilized the military's morale and stabilized the results.
First of all, talk about this military heart, today's Barca, its pillar players are still based on Spanish players, Fati, Pedri, Roberto, Busquets, Pique, Alba and other veterans, young players, are very obvious "Catalan brand" or Spanish brand.
Players like Busquets will support Harvey
Players such as Pique and Busquets, although they are also veterans, are different from Messi, first, they do not have Messi's super traffic, and second, they do not have Messi's super privilege in the ordinary sense (this privilege is more given by fans and the media).
These real core players of Barca will all support Xavi, and even if Xavi touches their position, they will not be able to change Xavi and La Porta.
In terms of results, Xavi did give Barca a mouthful of chicken blood, from far away from the European zone, but the current third place in the league, Barca can be said to have returned to their own position, and Chatball Jun will also analyze the results of Xavi before Barca, and after Xavi's arrival, Barca's results.
Harvey's coaching performance is very obvious
After Xavi took office, Barca's most prominent performance was the surge in points per game and wins, from 1.42 points in the hands of Koeman and the interim manager to 2.21 points!
This is the key reason why Barca can return to the league from the middle of La Liga after 14 rounds of fighting, and, under Xavi' leadership, Barca have only lost 1 in 14 rounds.
At the same time, under the leadership of Xavi, Barça, both offensive and defensive ends have improved, the average goal per game increased by nearly 0.5 goals, the average goal conceded per game fell by 0.25 goals, although Xavi has not fundamentally solved all of Barca's problems, but it is certain that Barça's return to the top three of the league is not because of accidents, but indeed growth.
When Koeman was in charge, Barca faced league rivals and European powerhouses and repeated defeats, Xavi led Barca to defeat Atletico Madrid, Napoli, Athletic Bilbao and other teams, although they were out of the Champions League, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup, but Barca still had the opportunity to compete for the Europa League!
Conclusion: Barca on the right path?
From real Madrid and Zidane, Manchester United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Arsenal and Arteta, Chelsea and Lampard, Juventus and Pirlo, many teams will try to bring a chance for revival through the coaching of meritorious players, but most cases have failed.
Harvey is far from a success
For the current Xavi, what he needs is not touting, because he is not yet successful, he is not on the right path to lead Barca.
If you want fans to truly recognize a manager, the most intuitive experience is nothing more than to win honors for the team, no matter what kind of honor, as long as fans can see hope, most fans will support their own famous host.
For Harvey, who has not yet coached for half a year, what he needs to do is to lead the team to win the cup, let the fans see hope, let the players touch the future, after all, people will only remember the winner of the championship trophy in the long years!