10 highlights of Valverde in 100 days as Barca coach

Valverde is making a good impression as Barca coach, a place that has seen many predecessors leave due to failure.

Ernesto Valverde started leading Barca in the summer of 2017. From being an underrated coach, the Spanish coach is quickly building his reputation with the following strong marks:

Understand Barca's style of play. As a former Barca player, Valverde understands the team's style of play from the time of the late coach Johan Cruyff. This is an advantage for the 53-year-old coach to quickly reorganize the team and move Barca forward. In the first 11 matches in La Liga and the Champions League, the Nou Camp team won 10 matches. The only draw was when Valverde and his team played away at Atletico Madrid.

4-3-3 is no longer an impregnable formation. Although 4-3-3 has been Barca's successful formation for the past decade, Valverde is not afraid to use his favorite formation, 4-4-2. The new coach even let his players play 4-4-2 more than once, without losing a single match.

Valverde knows how to blend tradition with new ideas.

Good relationship with the board of directors. At the same time last season, former coach Luis Enrique had major disagreements with the board of directors on many issues. Meanwhile, Valverde is still maintaining a peaceful relationship.

Make your mark in organization. Thanks to the reorganization of the board of directors, Valverde is having more influence than his predecessor. Along with Pep Segura and Robert Fernandez, the new coach has a big say in transfers.

Good relationship with players. An important task for the Barca coach is to manage the dressing room and make the players feel like part of the team. Last year, Enrique had problems with left-back Jordi Alba and it had a negative impact on the team.

Make Messi happy. Putting Messi in the middle more often is helping Barca benefit greatly. The team has just won many victories, and at the same time witnessed M10 create many more miracles.

Messi and his teammates are playing better thanks to Valverde's changes.

Maximize player talent. Stars like Alba, Busquets, Iniesta or Rakitic are reviving with top form. This is contrary to what happened in the past two years, when the group of players gradually declined.

Enhance defense capabilities. Barca are conceding very few goals in both major competitions. This is not easy to do while the team has not lost its attacking identity.

Be calm and observant. Players who have worked under Valverde's command know that he is easy to work with. But Valverde also keeps his distance and allows his assistants to have closer contact with the players.

Be decisive when choosing players. Although he is an easygoing person, Valverde always makes tough decisions when choosing players to play. If a player is not in good form and physical condition, it is difficult for him to get on the field, even as a substitute. Arda Turan is an example.

According to VNE