The first two questions Xavi Hernandez asked his Barcelona players
The coach has quickly won round the dressing room at Camp Nou
When Xavi Hernandez took over at Barcelona, he encountered a team down in the dumps, lacking discipline and a long way from the philosophy that has always sustained the club.
The coach, little by little and with a lot of hard work, has been able to turn the situation around, although it was not easy at the start.
It seems a lifetime away now, but it was only five months ago that he replaced Ronald Koeman -- and his adventure at Camp Nou kicked off with two questions.
The first question Xavi asked his players was: "Are you ready to run for the team?" And the second was: "Are you ready to come on in the 92nd minute?"
There were no negative responses and that was his first victory because he'd achieved the inescapable commitment of the entire squad.
Xavi's experienced so many years in a top-level dressing room like Barça's that he knows exactly what his players are thinking just by looking at them.
In addition, he also knows how to put them in his pocket with just a couple of questions. Not everything he is doing at the club is to do with tactics.
