This could be Barça's defense against Napoli after the 'KO' Araújo

The bad news accumulate him to the FC Barcelona to few days to receive to the Naples in the Camp Nou, this Thursday to the 18:45 hours, in the corresponding party to the gone of the 'play offs' of the Europe League. Xavi Hernández has remained with very few options to configure his defensive saga and the trainer egarense will be forced to take out his blackboard and look for alternative so that the team can be reliable to defensive level when it will not have some the players that, in theory, are indisputable headlines.

This Monday, the Barça confirmed through a communiqué that Ronald Araújo is lesionado. In concrete, the Catalan entity announced that "the proofs made this morning have showed that the player of the first team R. Araujo Has one overloads in the sóleo of the left leg. The evolution will mark his availability". Like this then , the central charrúa is doubt for the visit of the Naples to the Camp Nou of this week. Podría Force with such to arrive to the crash, but also is a very risked possibility that it could finish happening him bill to the player.

Like this then , Xavi has to arm two plans, one in case Araújo is available and the another without having the international with Uruguay. To arrive to the party, there are not doubts that it will form part of the defensive saga beside Gerard Hammered, as they have come playing both in the last weeks. If it is not available, will begin the problems because the only available option in the bench is the one of Eric García, the one who had a night of scare against the Espanyol in the derbi Catalan.

The ex of the Manchester City was the main signalled in the goal of Raúl of Tomás with which the team directed by Vicente Moreno put by in front in the marker. The forward 'perico' received a big centre, controlled with the breast and beat to the guardameta culé. To the central Catalan was missing him forcefulness and was too soft in the action, 'punishing' to a Barcelona picture that deserved to be by in front in the marker. What results worrisome is that they were two errors in a same played. First, Eric García broke the offside and did not jump to try defend the played and avoid that a very attentive 'RdT' controlled with the breast for later beat to the guardameta Barcelona.

However, in theory, to Xavi does not remain him of another that play with Eric like companion of Hammered, because the another alternative is Òscar Mingueza that carries weeks in the bench and does not have the confidence of the trainer. Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti, the others two head offices of the group culé, are also in the infirmary and will not arrive to time for the party. The first suffers an injury in the biceps femoral of the left thigh, whereas 'Big Sam' went through the operating theatre during the month of January to treat a fracture in the fifth metatarsiano of the right foot.

Like this it would remain the defence of the Barça

The most likely is that to Hammered and Eric accompany them in the sides Sergiño Dest and Jordi Alba. The international with United States already was to title in Cornellà and left a very correct performance. Has the challenge to replace to Dani Alves, the one who has two parties of sanction in LaLiga (neither will be the Sunday in Mestalla) and is not inscribed in the Europe League. In this sense, the ex of the Ajax will cover the right side, whereas Jordi Alba aparcerá by the left, as it accustoms.

It is the -complicated- possibility that Xavi opt by a defence of three and strengthen to the centre of the field, but this would force to the egarense to move more than the account his blackboard, but has options. It can play with Dest-Hammered-Eric, as it finished the Barça against the Espanyol, or even delaying the position of Frenkie of Jong to the defence. It is an option that already tested Ronald Koeman in the past season and gave results, at least in situations of emergencies. Likewise, it has the option to joint to Hammered, Eric and Oscar Mingueza.