HOW FC BARCELONA COME BACK ONCE AGAIN!

HOW FC BARCELONA COME BACK ONCE AGAIN!

Barcelona is BACK once again!

The Catalans have already been "written off" several times throughout the ongoing campaign, but now Barça's form is so good, many experts say that Xavi's boys have every chance to surprise everyone at the end of the season, and if not win La Liga, then to take the Champions League!

AN UNBELIEVABLE TRANSFORMATION!

In terms of quality, the Blaugrana squad looks no worse than Real Madrid, who are traditionally among the top 2 main contenders for capturing the Champions League: well, aside from Blancos, there is always Manchester City. Now the two superclubs will meet in the quarter-finals by the will of the draw, and in the semi-finals one of them will face the winner of the Bayern-Arsenal pair. If Barca beats PSG, they will face either Borussia Dortmund or Atletico Madrid - both are within the Catalans' reach, which was demonstrated in their most recent clash against the Indians... And then there's the final and... WHY NOT?

"It's time to dream," Xavi stated after knocking Napoli out of the competition.

What MAGIC did the Barcelona boss use to allow the Catalans to demolish Napoli and Atletico with a combined score of 6-1 in one week, and even without a couple of key midfield players?

You see, there are several reasons for the Spanish giants' transformation: the first factor lies in changing the dressing room mood. After the defeat against Villarreal and the announcement of Xavi's departure at the end of the season, Barca's most experienced players, Lewandowski and Gündoğan, have decided to gather the squad at the Pole's home for a team lunch, a measure taken to improve the atmosphere and unite the team.

"From a sporting point of view it is difficult to explain the improvement, but certainly these meetings always help to improve the environment in the changing room. It was a spontaneous decision, as a result of a situation that happened in the days and previous weeks. It was a good moment to do it. Besides, the players were not forced to leave," Lewandowski told us.

Since then, Barça has been unrecognizable: 10 matches, 7 wins and 3 draws and, therefore, not a single loss. During this period, the Catalans have leaped over Girona in the league table and are just 8 points behind Real Madrid with 9 Matchdays to go, not to mention a head-to-head meeting at the Santiago Bernabeu, meaning they still have a chance of securing the championship. In other words, since the moment when Xavi announced his departure at the end of the season, Barça has become the club that has collected the most points in the last 8 games.

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"I think in all the competitions where we are still alive, you can still dream. We will be there. If Real Madrid slip up, let them know that we are next door, to cut all the points possible. We're going to fight them," says the club's young star Lamine Yamal.

On top of that, Barcelona has become much more balanced: we made a separate video about the tactical transformation and Christensen's role, so we won't dwell on this aspect for long - Andreas started playing "false defender", positioning himself above centre-backs and sweeping up loose balls as a defensive midfielder - this tactical move by Xavi definitely had a positive impact on the team's balance, especially on the reliability of the game in the defensive phase.

Just like last season, when Barça won La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup, Xavi has counted on strengthening defensive play and it's working again, with no less impressive results - in fact, NO GOALS have been conceded in the last 4 La Liga fixtures!

The return of Ter Stegen, the brilliant 17-year-old debutant Pau Cubarsi, Christensen and the insane forms of Kounde, Araujo and Cancelo have developed Barcelona into one of the most powerful La Liga and Champions League teams when it comes to defense.

Pau Сubarsi's debut in the first team and his tremendous progress has been one of the turning points of the season - he proved to be the missing puzzle of this roster - a fast, smart defender with a perfect passing. Pau is very calm while handling the ball, and Xavi calls him Barcelona's best defender when it comes to passes - the young Spaniard's average passing accuracy is just over 94%, which is absolutely phenomenal for a 17-year-old centre-back.

"Pau Cubarsi is a top three defender in the world at bringing the ball out from the back," says Lamine Yamal about his friend.

Indeed, the arrival of such a talented defender formed the perfect four for the final stages of the season - Kounde on the right, Araujo and Cubarsi in the center, and Cancelo on the left. Ter Stegen in goal. Barcelona has once again regained confidence in its defense.