Joan
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Slight differences in first 11 quality aside as that shouldn't decide the league, Flick has no depth at the moment. We'll see what happens but that's a much more prominent factor.
At the same time, he appears to be getting much more out of the team and is showing all the positive signs in terms of structure and performance. Not much more one can ask for.
Fingers crossed for him.
Xavi's legacy is obvious in the squad though as he had a say in most recent additions as well as him promoting some of the youngsters.
At the same time, he appears to be getting much more out of the team and is showing all the positive signs in terms of structure and performance. Not much more one can ask for.
Fingers crossed for him.
Not trying to take the credit from Xavi, wouldn't say he's building on Xavi's foundations per se. Xavi didn't leave some strong mark or direction, if it was another coach instead of Xavi, Flick would be building on his foundations in the similar manner.But we also can't forget that Flick is building on Xavi's foundation. Especially Lamine and Cubarsi are at this level thanks to Xavi trusting them early. Without Xavi, Cubarsi would play for City today anyways.
I think that's the biggest reason it works so well. He continues to build Xavi's foundation, but he implements also his fast vertical play and together with Deco's new physio team it all works like a well oil machine so far.
Xavi's legacy is obvious in the squad though as he had a say in most recent additions as well as him promoting some of the youngsters.