The deliberate strategy of Barça Femení with Alexia Putellas

Alexia Putellas is living a new stage in his laureada sportive career. The native of Mollet of the Vallès, from the start of this campaign, has been moved at the head of attack, situated by Jonatan Giráldez like spearhead of the Barça Femení. Although for the captain culé is not an extrañeza the fact to be the goleadora of the combined Barcelona, yes that it is a novelty do it as '9', since it was habit see it like midfield player, demarcation where has developed the greater part of his career.

The double winner of the Balloon of Gold, to the moment of his regrettable injury, which separated it more than nine months of the fields, generated an authentic stir in the Catalan cast, as there was not a player of similar profile. Therefore, from the Barça Femení valued the idea to go to the market, although after a lot value alternatives, decided that the best was fichar to Keira Walsh, a more adapted player to the position of pivote. This involved that the role of Alexia, like a more advanced midfield player, would fall in the back of Patri Pebble.

The 'problem' of Giráldez when Alexia returned of his injury

In front of this, the Barcelonan square had to accustom almost by all a campaign to a medullary zone with a very marked triangle, formed by the English like pivote and Pebble and Aitana Bonmatí like mediocampistas more advanced, seconded by Ingrid Engen, Claudia Pina and, in occasions, the juvenile Vicky López. This consolidated one of the best centres of the field of the world, but to his time generated an interrogante important: Where it will fit Alexia when it go back of his injury?

The answer for Jonatan Giráldez arrived after analysing a punctual lack that had the combined Barcelona: improve the forcefulness in the last metres of face to door, something of what Alexia knows enough, as before the injury was the maximum goleadora of the team with 34 goals and 21 assistances in 43 parties. Equally, the one of Mollet of Vallès already had previous experience like spearhead, position in which it played does some time. Therefore, moving to the Catalan some metres to forward, resolved a pair of problems: his inclusion in the eleven headline and the increase of the efficiency in the last metres of the field.

The conversion of Alexia to the role of '9' was not an improvisation

No only this, but the technician vigués affirms that the Catalan has the necessary capacities to be the centroatacante of the combined Barcelona and that besides surrounds it of the necessary elements to attain this end. It stands out in statements for the half 'SPORT': "For me the key is to surround it of elements that allow him participate in zones in which I think that has to participate, that is in square and of back to the mediocentros, and that besides can have repercussion in the last metres. It is something that create deeply that it can do it, because have the knowledge of what can do, because I know what does in the day in day out".

For the moment, it is not an alternative of definite character, but yes is highly valorable, and would not be the first time that Jonatan Giráldez reconverts of effective way to a player. In the near time, is worthwhile to value the case of Fridolina Rölfo, the one who arrived to the Barça Femení being extreme by left and, by need, the technician moved it like left side, something that resulted positive, since finally the Swedish turned into one of the best players of the world in his position.