Jules Koundé y Ronald Araújo, jugadores del FC Barcelona

THE DEFENDERS DO NOT WANT TO ACT AS LATERALS

The double 'angry' of Koundé and Araújo that complicates Xavi's decisions

Published:17/01/2024 - 21:34h

Updated:18/01/2024 - 09:27h

Jules Koundé and Ronald Araújo are, without a doubt, two of the best defenders in the world today. However, at FC Barcelona, ​​they have been seen on more than one occasion playing as right-backs, something that apparently neither of them likes

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The FC Barcelona is confronting a true problem in the actuality because of the injury of Joãor Cancel. The Portuguese had attained to dissipate the doubts around the right side with his performances, but now that has been absent in the last days, the debate on who has to cover this position has gone back to arise.

In this sense, the Catalan picture has two players that have been used in this band without being lateral of origin: Jules Koundé and Ronald Araújo. Both have served like alternatives for Xavi Hernández in this demarcation. Nevertheless, it seems that no everything is perfect with the Uruguayan and the French in the City Condal, since apparently both footballers have showed some dissatisfaction for having to play like carrileros.

Koundé And Araújo do not want to play like sides

In accordance with the journalist Pau Ballús, gave to know that the Parisian, although in a first moment left clear that would not deny to see action like right side, would have been the first in expressing his dissatisfaction for having to exert regularly in encircled to the right-handed band. This carried to that the egarense, in the election of who would play by the band between the two head offices, bent to the native of Riviera. Nevertheless, even the charrúa, the one who initially accepted the paper to play by the band, also finished complaining in this regard.

Voucher recalcar that the change in the time of game like right side between both players has been remarkable. In the past season, Jules Koundé played 21 commitments in this demarcation, whereas Ronald Araújo contested seven duels. However, this campaign has been all the contrary. In the meetings in which it has required that one of the two play by the right band, already was by the injury of Joãor Cancel or because the Portuguese play by the left, the election has been six parties for the charrúa and four for the French.

The case is that, although both already have showed that they do not feel predilection for playing in the band, and in some way the game of the team changes when they play by the side, since they offer wide guarantees in defence, but no so much in offensive matter, unlike Cancel, is a reality that both seem to be had to be options of emergency for Xavi Hernández in this position. Besides, it is likely that have to follow seeing action here in more than an occasion, already was in the Barça or in his national selections, where his trainers more than once have used them like right sides.

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