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Xavi will only have a central defender available for Plzen-Barça
Published:30/10/2022 - 19:17h
Updated:30/10/2022 - 19:17h
Xavi Hernández will only have one natural central defender for the match against Viktoria Plzen for the last date of the first phase of the Champions League: Gerard Piqué. The egarense shuffles several options to form the couple in the elje of the defense
The FC Barcelona will sack of the present edition of the League of Champions in front of Viktoria Plzen, the only rival to the that could win during the phase of groups, like a mere formality in which there is not at all at stake, since so much the culés have ensured his participation in the playoffs of the UEFA Europe League, whereas the Czechs have remained out of all continental competition.
Even so, the duel luce like a special opportunity to put in practice several innovations in the onceque can be useful along a season in which the Barcelona team has to keep his winning rhythm in the tournament of the regularity, in addition to the rest of competitions that will contest from the year 2023, so much to local level as in international instances.
However, the problems for the egarense begin from the first moment to define his alignment of face to the party. The commitment in Mestalla has left some sensitive drops in the staff, such as Eric García and Jules Koundé, those who have accused signals of overloads. Both will rest and could be presents for the crash suspender belt in front of the Almería.
The options for the defence
In front of this stage, Gerard Hammered erige like the only natural option for the axis of the line of defence. The second captain culé comes to see action in the agónica victory in front of Valencia, although it is far to live his best season along his career in the club, what has put him in the centre of the criticisms and has woken up the speculations on his course.
Between the alternatives of the míster to arm a couple of head offices beside Hammered, appears to resort to Marcos Alonso; in fact, already both conformed the centre of the saga in the party in front of the Celtic of Vigo. Another of them is the one to delay to Frenkie of Jong, the one who also has fungido like head office occasionally. In case to resort to the quarry, the alternative is Pelayo, since Chadi Riad is not available for having played the Youth League.
