Guardiola Tactic

Barcelona is considered by experts recognition the overall king of the ball in the last decade, the thing that led Barcelona to a sweep of titles with Guardiola .. The latter, which gave the Barcelona style the aesthetic. he made for 4/3/3 another taste tactic in the following simplified look at the tactics of Barcelona during the season 2011 ..

Guardiola depends on the following line as an official formation after the changes between forced and optional:

Goalkeepers :

Goalkeepers considered as a safety valve for the team so it must have several characteristics found by several guards .. For Barcelona, we find the guard was fluent in playing by foot so he helps the team Command Operations from the back in addition he directs the team.

Defense :

Barcelona defense consists of 4 players, two is central defense in addition to right and lift backs... Pep depends on the Advanced Defense in order to protect the team's area of operations. Central backs complete each other .. If Puyol pressures on the attackers and prevents them from passing the crosses and swooping extensively on the ball holder, then  Pique  works on the kidnapping of long balls, spin and generally aerobic games in addition to the formation of defensive depth and stands as impervious dam to the Penetrations of depth.

For showed one of them have a role defensive (Abidal) where he works to secure the area and prevent hack through carrying out pressure on the opponent in the middle of the field on the counterattack, as it goes back to support the defense when the right back climbs (Alves), which have offensive role larger during his long passes to attack the team and progress further to the center of the team, but this does not mean that in the short and defensive duties where it has to work on a rapid return to the defense and proceeds on the ball holder.

 The following is a graphic illustration of the tactical-style which becomes a tactic of the team when Alves proceeds where the team moves quickly to 3/4/3:

Middle of the field:

 Consists of three players considered the hub of operations and starting point for the team attacks as the center of the team as serve an advanced line of defense presses on the rival attack for cracking their operations before skipping the center of Barca.

Busquets  Is the link between defense and midfield line, he does  many missions, mostly in the defensive side where the pressure on the holder of the ball and do the defensive coverage, especially when the rise Alves so that he works on securing his part to fill the gaps arising from the rise of the attack. he also turns to the heart of the defense if necessary and plays an important role in reducing the risk of counter-attack. For the attacking side he contributes to the building of the attacks and distributing the ball and recycled as sending long balls in the direction of the attackers behind the defense. As Xavi and Iniesta, they  exchanges of passes between them in an effort to find gaps in the defense for the wings. they  Considered the real engine of the team by governing the level and speed of play through the control of the ball and work on acquisitions for the longest possible time and circulated quickly around the pitch, without losing sight of the pressure on the opponent in his area which prevents construction of the attacks and its reliance on long balls making the team extracted and regain the ball quickly:

The attack ..

The offensive line consists of two wings and spearhead: Pedro works on the penetration of his part and open the stadium and approaches every now and then to the area of operations to form a numerical increase, but he remains unsteady in the right wing. Messi is the source of attacks by exchanging fast passes with the aggressive wing Dani Alves and also he makes the playing way of the team . So Messi becomes the head striker depending on skills and high speed to enter the area of operations. David Villa his mission is in scoring in addition moving out of the area and exchanging the positions with the wings . it is noticed in Barcelona attack formation that the positions of Messi and Villa always exchanges , so when Villa enters to the inside of the rival area of operation , Messi is behind him. While if Messi is the head striker , Villa will support him by the wings… so we see always this couple make a strength through exchanging the positions , which creates the confusion among rival defenses.

the Barcelona team under the leadership of Pep Became stronger and more evidence that the defense team has become stronger and is one of the best Europe defenses.