Frenkie de Jong, during a warming with the FC Barcelona this season

ALTERNATIVE OR OBLIGATION?

POLL: It convinces you the experiment of Koeman with De Jong as a defender?

Published:6/11/2020 - 01:07h

Updated:6/11/2020 - 01:07h

The Dutch Frenkie de Jong didn't have his best match against the Dynamo Kiev as a defender, a position in which Koeman doesn't have a lot of more alternatives when he need them

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Once again, Koeman decided in a party of Champions League use to Frenkie of Jong like central defender but... What so profitable is to plant it in this position? This is one of the so many questions that leave this third date of the League of Champions for the entity blaugrana, then , a priori, seems that it is being used like central because the trainer Ronald Koeman understands that it can be a player that in some moments of the meetings can advance a bit and add in the attack. From 'FCBN' want to know the opinion of our readers:

THE POLL It convinces you the experiment of Koeman to use De Jong as a defender?

The approach leaves more doubts that certainties, since in the defensive zone, where are the big weaknesses of the club culé, his presence does not represent a greater solvency. In the victory of the Barcelona in front of the Dynamo Kiev (2-1) expected that the Catalan group attained to impose with a lot of tranquility in front of a team that arrived very mermado by the drops by injury and by positive of Covid-19.

But all was very distinct taking into account that the Ukrainian group did not go to defend during the 90 minutes, but in a lot of passages of the meeting had the possession of the spherical and, by means of his fast extremes, put in grave aprietos to the young Dutch footballer and, in general, to all the defence.

This is the third party in that Frenkie exerts in the function of head office; the two previous in the second date of the Champions in front of the Juventus and in the past weekend against the Alavés.

In Turín and in Victory the youngster mediocampista worked of good way because it allowed him to his team have an exit of clean balloon, but with the Ukrainians did not have a good night and in several occasions lost the mark of the forward Vladyslav Supriaha, leaving it hand manually with Ter Stegen.

An alternative in the defence

Likewise, orna of the reasons by which Koeman will be using it in the retaguardia is definitely the fault of alternatives in this zone of the field, as to date it does not have a plantel wide neither to the players that wanted to in each position. Besides, with Ronald Araújo and Samuel Umtiti lesionados, the only variant that remains him is the French Clément Lenglet, a player that also between cottons for the technician culé.

Nevertheless, in spite of having exerted a toneless party in the defensive works with the Dynamo, one of the positive appearances that has the player of the Low Countries is that it still is very young and has the absolute confidence of Koeman. Situation that will allow him follow having a lot of participation and leadership in the first team.

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