Barca lost 0-1 at home to Vallecano, in the home three consecutive defeats at the same time, but also by the opponent double kill, losing for Barca, in fact, has become commonplace, the main task of this season is to keep the next season's Champions League qualification, because now Barca has reached a low point, Xavi as long as he can lead Barca to continue next season's Champions League has been successful, but for Xavi, the coach's stubbornness or let the fans have a new understanding of him.
Perhaps Xavi, who is standing on the sidelines of the court, is more powerful and courageous than when he was a player, and can lead Barca step by step to the right track, which is also the ability of a coach. But nepotism on the pitch is probably also a drawback of Xavi's time at coaching Barca. He always wants all the players to become la Masia's academy producers, sometimes deliberately, I am afraid it will be counterproductive.
The La Masia Academy is indeed the god of football, because the golden generation of Barça has been cultivated, including Habai Meb and so on, but these players are unattainable, need time to verify and time and place. But Harvey's deliberate efforts have really allowed fans to see these drawbacks happening.
At such a critical moment of gossip, Harvey let the fans see that De Jong is not a non-sale, because since Xavi took office, in fact, De Jong's position has always been very awkward, since he joined Barca with the name of super midfielder, he should play his strength in the team. And De Jong, under Harvey's command, not only played awkwardly, but even was replaced early.
Fans in this game should know that De Jong was replaced by Nico in the 60th minute, De Jong was unwilling, angry, directly to the locker room, although he returned to the bench later, but De Jong's anger did not dissipate, you know, Tenghag's first request for reinforcements after becoming Manchester United manager was De Jong. De Jong certainly did not want to leave Barca, but at this critical moment of gossip, Xavi replaced De Jong in 60 minutes. This is enough to show that Harvey did not attach much importance to De Jong.
It is undeniable that in this game, Garvey's performance is very eye-catching, he is the most valued midfielder since Harvey took office, but De Jong's experience and strength, which will be above Garvey, can not be reused by Harvey.
In terms of platooning, there is a detail, De Jong and Ferrantore started, in the 60 minutes by Nico and Depay replaced, why not let De Jong and Depay both start, perhaps through the tacit cooperation of the national team, the two can also play well in the barca game. But now it seems that Harvey does not dare to put De Jong on the bench, and Depay's replacement has actually lost the hope of staying in the team next season.
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To sum up, Xavi's emphasis on La Masia's players is evident, and he seems to want to completely create a La Masia 11-man starter, but it is difficult to achieve at present, but it has to be said that Xavi is still nepotism. And De Jong's position at Barca is very embarrassing, many times in the absence of injuries to be replaced, which is not at all in line with the status of a top player in the team and the requirements of the platoon, think of the original embarrassing encounter with Coutinho, De Jong is currently following in Coutinho's footsteps.