Alejandro Balde suffers a bajón in his performance

Alejandro Balde was one of the disclosures of the Barça in the past season. It won in few parties the confidence of the trainer and the admiration of the fan. It consolidated like the owner of the left band of the Camp Nou. His performance was so high that contested with the Spanish Selection the World-wide of Catar and renewed with the Barcelona until 2028 with a clause of 1.000 million euros. At present, it keeps on being a very important player for Xavi. The cantero Barcelona is near to go in in the selecto group of players that have contested more than 1000 minutes in this start of season. It has participated in thirteen of the fourteen parties that have contested , being headline in eleven. Nevertheless, his performance has gone down with regard to the past season, since it only has given an assistance. This data surprises if we compare it with the ones of the previous campaign. The Catalan defence, that adueñó of the left side, restarting the witness of Jordi Alba, was able to give seven assistances and mark a goal.

The reasons of his bajón

The left side headline of the Barcelona is not being so decisive like the past year. His performance has seen affected by the arrivals of Joao Félix and Cancel. Balde No longer contributes ofensivamente what offered before, since now the offensive game of the Barça does not centre in a band. The new right side of the Barça causes that to offensive level the team have different alternative to the hour to attack, as for example, deliver the game more to this band. This involves to defensive level that players like Balde that project a lot of ofensivamente have to keep his position to avoid possible counterattacks. The exjugador of the Athletic of Madrid also has had an impact in the player, especially, in what it can contribute ofensivamente. The Portuguese tends to occupy the left band, which causes that the left side have less visited to go up.

The changes that has entered of Xavi from the arrival of the Joaos has conditioned clearly the game of Alejandro Balde. However, we can not forget that it treats of a young player (20 years) that still has not reached the maturity futbolística. It is a player with a margin of growth very high that it has to learn to take this regularity of the footballer of elite.