Danger for Barça! Jordi Alba will be on the 'tightrope' against Espanyol

Jordi Alba will land this Sunday in the RCDE Stadium to measure in front of the Espanyol after a partidazo in front of the Athletic of Madrid. The defender showed renewed and with a very good exert by the left band, so much so it marked the goal that would begin the goleada in front of the group colchonero. However, Xavi Hernández has present that the derbi can involve more problems for the bench culé.

And it is that the defender already has four yellow, and if it sees the fifth in front of the group of Vicente Moreno, will remain went in the crossing in front of the Valency by the day 25 of League. This adds to the setback of the sanction of Dani Alves, the one who will be drop until 27 February after a fault 'aggravating' to Yannick Carrasco that him ocasionó the expulsion in front of the 'Aleti'. Added to this, Alba does not have a natural spare inside the first team, by what the trainer will have to 'manoeuvre' with the defence in case to be admonished.

Alejandro Balde is the only left side that it can, of course, occupy the position. Nevertheless, the juvenile finds lesionado after a strong crash in the Classical of subsidiaries in the Estadi Johan Cruyff. This situation generates a grave setback for the egarense, the one who could play with linea of three deep down or movilizar his diagram, planting to Ronald Araújo by the right band while Sergiño Dest plays to profile changed.

It is by reasons like the mentioned that Xavi insisted in adding to the plantel a left side in the wintry market. The fault of competition in the left lane, more the different situations that occur inside the field, can affect directly the approach of a technician that, eventualmente, will have to resolve the situation when Jordi fulfil his cycle of cards.

The options of the market

The FC Barcelona has to attend his defensive needs in the window veraniega if it wants to present a plantel more renewed in the next season. Alejandro Grimaldo, Nicolás Tagliafico and José Luis Gayà present like the alternatives that more adjust to the ideology futbolística that it wants to reflect the one of Terrassa in the institution. The clock follows his course and although they still are missing months, the directive already has the mind on the movements of the future.