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Jordi Alba during Betis-Barça of the Spanish Super Cup

THE ONLY LALIGA PLAYER IN THE XI

Jordi Alba, the best left-back of 2022 for 'Sofascore'

Published:14/01/2023 - 18:00h

Updated:14/01/2023 - 18:35h

The 'Sofascore' website presented its ideal European eleven for 2022, a line-up in which Jordi Alba appears as the only standard-bearer for LaLiga. The FC Barcelona winger played 40 games with Xavi Hernández's men in the calendar year

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In spite of the doubts on his continuity in the beginning of the 2022/23, Jordi Alba closed 2022 like the best European side of the year for the web 'Sofascore'. The portal put to the side of the FC Barcelona in his eleven ideal of the year, being the only player of LaLiga in colarse in the alignment of the best of Europe. The one of L'Hospitalet closed 2022 with 57 official parties contested with the ones of Xavi Hernández in which it added 3 goals and 14 assistances.

To choose to his XI ideal, 'Sofascore' taking in statistical account detailed of defensive performance as you clear, assistances, shots blocked, intercepciones, dribblings, touch, precise passes, tarpaulin in the centres, balloons in long, duels won in the floor and aerial, lacking, went of game, shots to door, occasions created and other parameters that desvelan the efficiency of each player in his position.

Like this, Alba stood out like the best left side of the year, still when only it was to title in four of the first ten days of LaLiga 2022/23 for the technician egarense. The ideal saga of 2022 for the skilled web completed with Kieran Trippier (Newcastle) like right side and Joel Matip (Liverpool) and Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund) like head offices. In the arch, the Swiss Yann Sommer (Borussia Mönchengladbach) remained with the titularity.

The rest of the XI of 'Sofascore'

In the midfield, the elected were Joshua Kimmich (Bayer Munich), Kevin Of Bruyne (Manchester City) and Leo Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), while the offensive trident conform it Neymar Jr. (PSG), Kylian Mbappé (PSG) and Erling Haaland (City). Paris is the club with elder witnesses in the XI, confirming the power of his leading 'galactic'. The ones of Pep Guardiola were the another team with multiple presence in the ideal alignment.

Curiously, 'Sofascore' did not include players of the Real Madrid in his XI. Neither Karim Benzema, Balloon of Gold of 2022, Thibaut Courtois, better goalkeeper according to the IFFHS or Luka Modric, one of the best players of the last World-wide, were included. Another that remained was was Robert Lewandowski, Boot of European Gold of the past season. By Argentina, flamante world-wide champion, only Messi was considered.