Barcelonas academy, La Masia, is well-known to the footballing world.
After all, it is the same academy that produced players like Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernández, and Andres Iniesta, among many others, who went on to become among the best on the planet.
But despite that, their younger crop of players rarely get enough attention these days as the world has just slightly forgotten about them.
Their second team, Barcelona B, currently competes in Segunda División B, the third-ranked Spanish football league, and is led by García Pimienta.
This tactical analysis scout report will aim to give you the tactics and team analysis of Barcelona B and their most prominent characteristics in both attack and defence.
We will also share the young Barcelona players similarities with the senior team.
FC Barcelona B Team Overview
Generally speaking, FC Barcelona B are, in many ways, the reflection of what the senior team is, or at least, what the whole philosophy of the club should be.
Pimientas tactics are based on positional play and awareness, possession-based football, quick exchanges, and passage of the ball.
His players are mostly extremely mobile and versatile. They often swap places, move around the pitches, and do not dwell on the ball.
Of course, individuals do sometimes get the spotlight with the likes of Riqui Puig, Abel Ruiz or Jandro Orellana, but the tiki-taka Barcelona way is very much present in the squad ever since Pimienta took over the team.
This tactical analysis scout report will now analyse some of Barcelona B’s most prominent tactics going forward and provide you with an analysis of their defensive style of play.
García Pimienta Attacking style of play
“Juego de posición”
Regarding attacking tactics and an attacking style of play, Barcelona B is a very technical team that tends to tear their opposition apart with excellent positional play.
Of course, they love to be the team that attacks constantly and has possession of the ball.
Their preferred formation is the 4-3-3, which they’ve used in 81% of the games in the last calendar year.
However, in the 2019/20 season, it was only used once in three games, as they opted for a 4-1-4-1 the other two times.
On average, throughout the last calendar year and across all competitions, Barcelona B registered 62.16% possession, leaving their opponents with only 37.84%.
Like the senior team, the younger squad starts everything with the defence.
The full-backs have
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