WITHOUT FRENKIE, BARÇA CONVERTS LESS
The Barça data that confirms the importance of Frenkie de Jong this season
Published:11/11/2023 - 16:41h
Updated:11/11/2023 - 16:41h
The absence of Frenkie de Jong in the last nine games has weighed heavily on FC Barcelona. Without the Dutchman on the field, the team has not only suffered in defense. In attack, Xavi Hernández's men have reduced their scoring production
The drop of Frenkie of Jong has had an impact a lot of elder to the that expected in the FC Barcelona. In addition to the problems in the creation of game, the group blaugrana has come to less in his offensive production, with an average that brushes the goal in favour by party. Before his injury in the right ankle, the Barça promediaba 3 so many by meeting, an average that improved notably thanks to the goleadas in front of Betis and Amberes.
And it is that, with the Dutch in the field, the Barça converted 18 so many in his first six parties of the season. After his injury in front of the Celtic, the culés add 12 goals in the last nine official parties, two of them saldados with defeat (in the Classical and in front of the Shakhtar). In five of these presentations, the ones of Xavi Hernández only annotated 1 goal, whereas in alone three parties could 'wet' in duplicate. This yes, only the Tuesday in front of the Ukrainians remained in white.
Frenkie Will complete the ten of parties of drop this Sunday
Confirmed his drop for the day 13 of LaLiga, in front of the Alavés in Montjuïc, Of Jong will add 10 parties of drop this season. In the 2022/23, the one of Arkel lost a total of 9 parties. First it had ausentado 3 dates by a muscular injury before the World-wide. In the second half of season, the mediocentro suffered an injury of knee that kept him was a month, losing 6 meetings, between them the turn of the semifinals of the Glass of the King in front of the Real Madrid ( defeat by 0-4).
In this way, the current injury has caused the most prolonged drop of Frenkie from his arrival to Barcelona in 2019. His longer absence from his professional debut produced in the 2017/18 with the Ajax, product of a break of the ligament of the sindesmosis that kept him went from February until July of 2018, losing the last 13 parties with the ones of Ámsterdam this season.
The date in which Of Jong has to reappear with the Barça
In the previous press conference to the party against the Alavés, Xavi confirmed that the '21' is near to leave backwards his injury in the ankle, but still is not to tope and, therefore, did not go in in the list for the Sunday. "Frenkie Will be for the day of the Ray Vallecano", explained the trainer of the Barça. With this, Of Jong aims to reappear just after the next stop of selections, Saturday 25 November in Vallecas (14.00 hours). By Champions, his return would produce three days later, the Tuesday 28 in front of the Port wine in Montjuïc.