One of the things that has done the most grace for the players of Barcelona is the involvement of the new coach in their daily activities. Mainly those that have to do with the ball. Quique Setién, instead of sitting on the ball, gets fed up in search of him in the center of the rounds . He doesn't even care to expose himself to Arturo Vidal throwing a pipe in full task. «Today my hip hurt, my knee ... But I like being with the players. Transmit knowledge. I still feel one of them. I need that energy to be well. To the technician, beyond the good humor, that commotion proper of the first times already goes well to him.

The heavyweights of the booth, between talk and talk, are trying to convince them of the need to increase the pace of work. In the sports direction of Barcelona, ​​unable its components to change the dynamics before the dismissal of Valverde, already warned in this regard to the new foremen of the bench.

But the new coach is also insisting that his players assimilate the repetition of tactical exercises that allow clean ball outings . Nor has anyone discussed, at least for now, one of the most delicate measures, morning sessions on game days at home. Both to finalize the strategy and to announce the list of summoned.

He wants destiny, damn, that Setién opens this Sunday on the bench against Granada, the same rival with which his idolized player Johan Cruyff (4-0) debuted on October 28, 1973 . But at 61 and as head of the bank, it is not up to Setien to fly on the grass, but rather to be done by some players who in the first round were shaken in Los Cármenes (2-0).

The role of Arturo Vidal

It will be a day to begin to decipher the solutions, either aesthetic, or very practical, that Setién proposes to encourage a Barcelona that Valverde left as leader of the League. Hence, in his first press conference prior to a meeting he was questioned about the role of Arturo Vidal, one of his predecessor's favorite day laborers. And Sethien promised to stand up to chaos. « We attach great importance to order. Some players tend to lose their position. To mess up. Not only Arturo Vidal. We will influence them a lot because we need balance and order to attack and defend. We will be warning and teaching. And we will end up getting it because it is an important part of our way of understanding football, ”said Setién.

The absence by penalty of Frenkie de Jong, expelled in the last draw against Espanyol, and the long inactivity of Arthur Melo after, apparently, overcoming his pubalgia, multiplies the options of Riqui Puig. When Pep Guardiola premiered at the Camp Nou in a league game as coach of Barcelona (September 13, 2008), he was unable to pass the draw against Racing (1-1). However, that day, beyond the result and the criticisms expressed -Cruyff was one of the few who defended him-, he became part of the imaginary by the ownership of Sergio Busquets and Pedro . At that time, boys of the branch in which almost nobody noticed.

The promotion of Riqui Puig

One of Setién's main decisions as a Barcelona coach has been to integrate Riqui Puig, 20, in first-team dynamics . So much that this week he was even invited to the group dinner at the Via Veneto restaurant in Barcelona. The canterano, unpublished this course with Valverde and with a way to go as far as its relationship with the totems of the house, aspires to be right eye of Setién.

The new coach of Barcelona, ​​who recovers Ter Stegen for the cause after three games in the infirmary, will have to solve many more mistakes. Especially complicated is the one that appears in the position of center forward, with Luis Suarez down until May. Griezmann and Messi appear as immediate solutions in a new stage in which Bartomeu will observe everything from a screen, which does not touch .

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