XAVI WILL CHANGE HIS DEFENSE AGAIN
Araújo and Christensen, 'forced' to meet again at Barça
With the injury to Jules Koundé, who could be out of action for up to five weeks, Xavi Hernández will be forced to make changes to his defense. If the FIFA virus allows it, Christensen and Araújo will form the center back pair
The FC Barcelona is being victim of too many injuries in this stretch of the season and is to the doors of a stop of selections that few times leaves without consequences to the teams. They are varied the players that have fallen in the infirmary in the last week. The last case has been the one of Jules Koundé that broke in the visit to Granada and, although it did not seem something grave, lace test confirmed that it suffers a sprain in the internal lateral ligament of the left knee that it could leave him out of action by more than a month.
It is practically descartado for the Classical and does not expect his return until principles of November, if all course as they expect the medical services. Meanwhile, Xavi Hernández will have to do a lot of modifications in his plans and the protagonists of the same. If the virus FIFA allows it, will be Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araújo those who appear like the couple of head offices in the próEximos clashes.
Christensen and Araújo, a reliable couple
Both know very very what is to coincide on the terrain of game. In the past season, while they allowed it the injuries, went the central headlines that 'directed' to the Barça to the title of LaLiga. As they remember from the newspaper 'SPORT', coincided on the lawn in 18 parties with a bagaje of thirteen victories, two ties and three defeats. The falls arrived in front of the Bayern in the Champions (2-0), Manchester United in the Europe League (2-1) and Almería in League (1-0).
In this course, in front of the indisputable presence of Koundé in the axis of the defence and the physical problems of Araújo in the beginning of the season, only have shared during 106 minutes, with a much more negative route to the of the past year. And it is that, in 46' in front of the Getafe (with the charrúa in the side), 14' in front of the Celtic and 46' against the Granada, have harvested two ties and the remembered traced back in Montjuïc after going 0-2 in the marker.
Iñigo Martínez, another option on the table
The trainer of Terrassa is conscious that it is a reliable couple, but that needs roaje. Besides, they are two players that know to complement to perfection and that they can be important on the lawn, by what in theory the drop of Koundé would not have to be a drama for the Barça. Also it is the option of Iñigo Martínez that it has not been able to settle, but that also can be important if has regularity, something that has not had up to now in front of the command of the three central headlines.
