OFFICIAL: Marcos Alonso, 'KO' for the duel of the Barça in front of the Girona

Bad news for the FC Barcelona. The combined Barcelona has suffered a new drop for the clash against the Girona FC, since Marcos Alonso, the one who had not been able to participate in the trainings of the club in the previous days, finally will not be available for the party against the gerundenses.

The Madrilenian turns into the second drop in the defence of the Barça, after the one of Iñigo Martínez, and the fourth in general, after the ones of Pablo Gavi and Marc-André ter Stegen. According to a communiqué issued by the club, the left side is lidiando with a lumbalgia. In this sense, the club has not wanted especular on the length of his absence and has affirmed that "his evolution will determine his availability", as it has been usual in the last communiqués.

Unfortunately, for Alonso, his injury has arrived in a moment crucial of the season in which it could have had some minutes of game. Although it expects that Joãor Cancel was the left side headline and Alejandro Balde back it, the exjugador of Chelsea was a clear option like left-handed defender because of his versatility in this position.

Pau Cubarsí, the option of contingency in the saga for Xavi

After the injury of Marcos Alonso, the one who as it mentioned previously, had the capacity to exert so much in the side as in the centre of the defence, Xavi Hernández has had to resort to the quarry to reinforce his mermada defensive line. The egarense summoned to the defender Pau Cubarsí, the one who seems to be the only option of the Barça in what to natural variants in the saga refers , splitting of the premise that Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araújo and Jules Koundé would split in the initial diagram.