when they say three man defense, i assume it will be pique, bartra, mathiew, or pique and mathiew with macherano taking the the db, dm hybrid role as we saw him excelling in the world cup.
Now with that defense i assume, alba and cuardro offensive capabilities will be vital in opening up defenses. Now i assume that is why there is so much cuadrado obsession. Rightly so.
Mancherano can own that new role, and we will see him owning that role, and having a great impact on this team in the coming season. Busquets will find a helping hand and will be playing a little more up the pitch. Dictating the passing and architecture the attacking movements. Now this will mean attack will starts from amost the half line and will be far more quicker and theoretically effective with the surprise element in it.
Rakitic has a tremendous long range accurate passes, so does rafinha, and messi.
So the way i am assuming its going to be quicker, mix of slow build-up and quicker breaks, long passes, short passess and greater movements, penetrating runs, offside traps and long range shoots, all mixed up pretty well.