Alejandro Balde, top a 'floor' and a 'ceiling' of generational legend

The left side had been one of the big problems of the FC Barcelona during the last seasons. The signing of Junior Firpo went out badly and from the quarry neither Juan Miranda neither Marc Cucurella convinced to the technicians and to the entity. Jordi Alba, that carries several campaigns having defensive problems bass in important appointments, needed competition and in the club were not knowing give it.

Thus, the Barça moved this summer in search of another carrilero of able level to compete of you to you with the one of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. The elected was Marcos Alonso, international with Spain and during several years important piece in Chelsea. While, another canterano that seemed to be 'green' for the first team, expected hid his opportunity to surprise to Xavi Hernández and to all the culés. That 'diamond' in the rough that little by little the technician of Terrassa goes puliendo is not another that Alejandro Balde.

The Barcelonan seemed to split like the third option for the side, but from the first meeting of the course has showed that in reality always would have to have been the first. It began being acting in the première suspender belt against the Ray Vallecano in the Camp Nou, but after this first 'prick' (0-0) with Jordi to title, Xavi decided to give him the alternative in front of the Real Sociedad in the second day.

 

Against the Basques, the youngster carrilero surprised to own and to odd with a partidazo in the goleada blaugrana to the 'txuri-urdin' (1-4). After this first explosion, the trainer egarense did not doubt in trusting he of start in the eight following crashes of the Barcelona, being headline in all they. This yes, by half there was four suplencias been still in Champions League, not playing in the first two days against Plzen and Bayern, and going out from the bank in front of the Inter. The 'KO' in League of Champions, added when regulating exert of Frames To., it did that from this moment Alejandro became the first option.

Titularísimo From the 'KO' in Champions

From this double clash against the Inter, the '28' has been headline in 13 of the 23 parties that has contested the Barça. In the rest has been used to to play Jordi Alba, that has improved his performance this campaign, but that follows far of the 'nivelón' that is giving the 'jewel'. In fact, if the another lateral left-handed did not go a captain of the calado in the changing room of the '18', is more than likely that Balde had played quite a lot of more crashes of which has given him his technician, that in several crashes has seemed rotar more by management of group that by a reason futbolística or of rest.

The performance of Alejandro has been so high that Luis Enrique did not doubt in carrying it to the World-wide of Qatar this winter when lesionó Gayà. In the Glass of the World, in spite of his 19 years and in spite of not even have debuted with the absolute, played in the four duels that contested Spain, being headline even in front of Japan. This speaks a lot and well of the side, that in addition to quality has showed to have character and a lot of personality.

 

To finals of February of 2023 can say since Balde is being one of the big disclosures of Europe and surely the elder of LaLiga beside the celtiña Gabri Veiga, to the that the own Barcelona would have to follow very closely. But unlike the Galician, the culé is 'going out' day after day in one of the best clubs of the history and in front of rivals of the entity of the Manchester United, as it showed in Old Trafford.

Balde Is to the level of the best sides of the world

Although it can sound exaggerated, the performance of Alejandro is to the height of the best carrileros left-handed of the world. Alphonso Davies is from does a time the best of the planet, followed of Theo Hernández, Andrew Robertson or in the defensive section even the madridista Ferland Mendy. Well, the level that is giving the barcelonista this course surpasses with grow the one of the Scottish and the one of the Frenchman of the Madrid and is not so far of the of the Milan and the one of the Bayern.

The 'floor' in which it moves right now Balde is already of a very high level, being one 'beast' physical able to win him in speed to almost any side and extreme of the world. Besides, it adds him to this dribbling with a big one against one with which has turned into the greater weapon of the Barça in attack by this side. Also it has good foot to centre and is intelligent looking for to the free man so much in exit as to the hour to assist. Ofensivamente Already is a decisive player and the best is that it still has margin to grow a lot here.

Defensivamente Is where more has to improve the canterano, although with 19 years is not neither much less worrisome. In fact, to his age defends better of what did it some big legends as they can be Marcelo in his side or even Dani Alves in the right. His brutal speed and capacity of started do that his deficiencies in the defensive positioning remain minimised.

 

In relation to his margin of improvement, has to learn when it has to go up with all the band and when it has to 'hold'. To the thread of this, also has to understand against what rival can allow some offensive luxuries and against which no. The perfect example of this was the United-Barça, in which it did a lot damage in attack, but in which it suffered a lot in defence against Antony that it did not leave to win him the back in the second time.

Balde Has 'wood' of future legend

Luckily for Balde, is showing to be so good and decisive in attack that even not improving his current defensive level goes to triumph in the FC Barcelona. But if it achieved to be solider backwards, the reality is that it seems to have qualities, physicist and personality to finish being one of the best left sides of the history of the club and in a legend. The expectations with him are very high and only the time will say, but the illusion in the barcelonismo is desbordante and sobran the reasons to be optimistic with this new 'jewel' of the Masia culé.