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How did Valverde fill the vacant position of Neymar?
When Neymar left the club, he left a hole in the Barcelona squad because there was no other quality winger with the club but later they got Dembele as a replacement but it was a short-lived joy for FC Barcelona fans as he got injured. Valverde had a tough task ahead of him but he handled it so well that Barcelona is still unbeatable in La Liga.
At the start of the season, Valverde instructed the players to press high on the pitch. For example, against Real Betis, Barcelona was pressing forward, but they do not use the same tactic for every game. Valverde is using 4-4-2 formation during most of the matches where Messi drops back to play in midfield and Suarez stays up front. When Neymar left the team, left flank was wide open for the oppositions to explore but during the initial phase of the season, Valverde used Gerard Deulofeu on the left flank with the support from Jordi Alba. Whenever he used Deulofeu, he was going with 4-3-3. But Deulofeu did not have any attributes which could help the club in the long term so Valverde started using 4-4-2.
