KOUNDE CHRISTENSEN COPA

THERE WILL BE NO 'PUNISHMENT'

Xavi, 'forced' to bet on Koundé and Christensen again in the Cup

Published:16/01/2024 - 20:43h

Updated:16/01/2024 - 20:43h

Xavi Hernández will not be able to make decisions in the center of his defense against Unionista in the Cup due to 'the fault' of Ronald Araújo's injuries and suspension. Despite their poor performance in the Super Cup, Koundé and Christensen should be the starting centre-backs once again

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Jules Koundé and Andreas Christensen go to have to go back to be the central headlines of the FC Barcelona this Thursday in the eighth of final of Glass of the King against the Unionistas of Salamanca. The sanction of Ronald Araújo by his red in the final of the Supercopa of Spain, added to the injury of Iñigo Martínez and to the more than presumable drop of Joao Cancel, that follows recovering of his physical problems, will do that Xavi Hernández have to go back to decant by the French and the Danish.

Although his final also was bad, if Ronald and Iñigo were available for the duel there is few or any doubt that the Catalan trainer 'would seat' to Jules, to Andreas or even to both, having more options the Frenchman. In the Classical of the past Sunday any was especially fine, but the one who went out more clearly in the 'photo' of two of the four so many was the ex of the Seville, that failed in the 1-0 and in the 4-1.

In the first of the goals of Vinicius, Koundé trusted , left win the back being the last man and did not hit to cut the pass of Bellingham that left only to the Brazilian in front of Iñaki Crag. In the fourth so much madridista, of Rodrygo, the French him 'gave' the spherical with a poor clear that it turned into a pass inside the area so that the Brazilian marked the sentence.

Christensen also was badly in the Classical

By his part, Christensen also erró in the 1-0 going out to the pressure too and losing like this the place, although neither much less was so guilty as it went it his mate in the centre of the saga. In the so much that yes can him attribute a lot to the Nordic was in the 2-0, since Rodrygo won him very easy the back and this unchained the target of Vinicius, that to his time won him the position to an Araújo that also was disastrous.

In normal conditions, with all the defenders of the healthy Barcelona, Xavi surely would give them a 'touch' of attention, but the plague of injuries and the sanction of Ronald changes it everything. The only defender of the that will have the technician for the crash copero of this Thursday will be, in principle, Pau Cubarsí, 'jewel' of the filial. However, the jovencísimo footballer of alone 16 years not even has debuted still and seems impossible that bet by him of start in an escensario like this, taking into account the need that has the team to win.

So much the Danish like the French go to have to play and will have a good opportunity to claim and show that they are a lot better of what showed in the Classical and that they can be important for the Barça in what it subtracts of course. Until the moment, any is doing a good season, especially Koundé, and if they do not recover his best version can that in the club put them in the market to do box with any of them.

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