THE CANTERANO, IN THE ELITE OF THE UNDER-20
Alejandro Balde continues to confirm his supremacy in Europe as a youth
Published:22/03/2023 - 17:05h
Updated:22/03/2023 - 17:05h
The season will end with Alejandro Balde consolidated as the new left back of Barça. The 19-year-old has established himself with his great physique, but also as a proven ability to attack
Alejandro Balde showed the past Sunday that can be the perfect replacement for Jordi Alba for the next 10 or 12 years in the left side of the FC Barcelona. To the best style of the current second captain of the club, Balde left by all the left band when already they surpassed the 90 minutes of party and appeared totally only to receive of Lewandowski and leave a perfect pass to a Kessié that, saving the distances, appeared as many times it did it Leo Messi in the Camp Nou.
This assistance of the footballer of 19 years was the fifth that achieves in LaLiga this season. With this first figure reached the footballer equalised in the highest to Iñaki Williams, forward of the Athletic, like the best assistant between the five big leagues with less than 20 years, showing firmly that the Barça has to ensure his renewal the sooner possible.
A name that begin to know all
With 23 parties contested, two less than the Basque attacker, Balde has positioned in the first position of a list in which it surpasses to names like Bellingham, Wirtz -in the diary culé-, Moukoko or Ryan Cherky, all footballers that act more advanced that the culé and that up to now add four passes of goal. Besides, his direct competitor, the left side of the PSG, Nuno Mendes, also remained by behind, also with four assistances.
In fact, to the equal to the players of at least 20 years, the already international with Spain only is surpassed by the big season of Musiala with the Bayern of Munich, the one who accumulates nine in the Bundesliga and 12 adding all the competitions with the Bavarian team. These data puntualizan that the player of the Barça already can affirm that it has gone in of full in this circle of the most promising footballers of the European elite.
To the level of the best
The assistances of Balde have had to Lewandowski like addressee, in addition to Raphinha, Kessie and Memphis, the one who left of the Barcelona club in the past market of winter. In general in LaLiga only Antoine Griezmann (8) and Mikel Merino () surpass to Balde, that also equalises with five with the also lateral Of Marcos (Athletic) and Brian Oliván (Espanyol).
