Prediction of Barcelona’s Change under the care of Quique Setien

DBasia.news –  Barcelona officially appointed the former Spain national team midfielder in the 1986 World Cup, Quique Setien as Ernesto Valverde’s replacement. Of course the main public especially the Barcelona supporters suspected what formations will be applied by Setien at the Nou Camp.

Before guessing the formation that Setien will apply, it helps us look at the background and track record of the 61-year-old coach. Quique’s football career began when he worked at the At Perines academy.

In 1977, Quique officially worked in his hometown club Racing Santander. Quoted from Fourfour Two, Wednesday (1/15/2020) Quique’s game became a motor for Santander, he also earned the nickname El Maestro. The nickname was given by the Santande’sr public for his ability to control the game from midfield.

“He became the controller at the central point of Santander’s game. His ability made him move to Atletico Madrid in 1985. “wrote Fourfour Two.

With a background as a game manager when he was still a player, of course that would be a consideration for Quique to apply the formation in Barcelona. Especially in Barca, there is Sergio Busquets, a player who could be said to have similarities with Quique when he was a footballer.

When training Real Betis, Quique applied the 3-5-2 formation. This formation certainly cannot be applied in Barcelona. It is likely that Quique will apply the 4-3-3 formation. What’s interesting is of course the transformation of the 4-3-3 formation when the Blaugrana applied the attack scheme.

The 4-3-3 formation will transform into 2-3-5, the same scheme that Quique had applied when coaching Real Betis. The full back roles of Jordi Alba and Semedo will rise to accompany Ansu Fati, Griezmann and Lionel Messi in the front line.

Three players, Arthur, Sergio Busquets and De Jong will be a counterweight in the midfield when the attack scheme is carried out. The role of Busquets and De Jong, of course, becomes more severe with the application of this scheme. Both of them must be the destroyer when the opposing team finds a gap to launch a counterattack scheme.

Especially for Busquets, he will stand on the defensive line, parallel to the two central defenders of Bacelona, Gerard Pique and Lenglet. Busquets also plays an important role when building up and seeing the position of his teammates.

Later the flow of the ball when Barcelona rests on Busquets, he will send the ball to Frenkie de Jong which will be directed to Lionel Messi and Griezmann. In this position, Arthur is tasked with guarding the defensive line and guarding the build-up phase when the Busquets scheme is thwarted by the opposing team.

Actually this is a scheme that the Barcelona officials might want. The tendency of Setien’s tactics to prioritize tight pressings and dominant ball possession was perfected as he also admired the late Johan Cruijff, a legend for Catalan football.