Barça still hasn't found its ideal defensive line this season

The beginning of season has left a lot of doubts in defence to Xavi Hernández. In the first seven days of LaLiga, the egarense has tested the same number of variants in the saga of the FC Barcelona, although the pair Christensen-Koundé kept intocable in the XI in the first six parties. With exception of the duel in front of the Osasuna, the Danish was replaced in the complement, whereas the Frenchman had played it everything until his suplencia in Sound Moix.

Although it expected that both rested the Tuesday, the toneless performance of the bottom culé in Palm forced to Xavi to put to Jules to ten minutes for the end, relieving to Iñigo Martínez that follows without being to tope physically after happening all the summer lesionado. Neither it has recovered his best version Ronald Araújo, further of his good performance the Saturday in front of the Celtic. In Mallorca, the 'charrúa' suffered to follow him the step to Abdón Prats and to Cyle Larin during the 90 minutes.

The arrival of Cancel has not improved the defensive order of the Barça

In the bands also there have been problems in the beginning of the season. Alejandro Balde keeps on being intocable by left, but his performance has been underneath of the level showed the past season, with some problems to cover spaces in the shrinking and less offensive incidence like carrilero left-handed. Marcos Alonso neither gave guarantees in the two parties where was to title. Much less Koundé in the brief experiment with three head offices in the party in front of the Celtic.

By right, Araújo began the season in the XI in Getafe. In front of the Cádiz there was line of three, with Frenkie beside Koundé and Christensen. Eric García (now in Girona) and Sergi Roberto ingresaron in the complement. The captain was in the eleven in front of the Villarreal and, from the party in Pamplona, Joao Cancel has won the place thanks to his offensive contribution, but the team follows having problems by both sides. The Friday is likely that the luso rest, opening the door to the possible return of Roberto to the alignment.

The return of Araújo does not clear the doubts of Xavi

With the return of the Uruguayan, Xavi recovers to one of his key pieces, but the doubts keep . In principle, Araújo and Koundé have to be headlines, beside Cancel and Balde. That would be the stellar saga culé, although Christensen have not done merits to be acting. The demanding Barcelona calendar will give place to a lot of rotations and, as well as it comes it doing in attack, the egarense will have to manage the minutes of intelligent form. The problem is that, in offensive, is doing the work, but in defence the last performances have left a lot for improving.