It is not a secret for anybody that, with the arrival of Andreas Christensen and Jules Koundé this summer, the paper of Gerard Hammered had remained very argued in the FC Barcelona. The central of 35 years was one of the players that more minutes contested in the past season, but his role changed drastically with the arrival of the signings and the growth (and settlement) of Ronald Araújo and Eric García. Now, with the big number of injuries the second Barcelona captain has an opportunity of gold.
The absences of Araújo, Koundé and Christensen force to Xavi Hernández to improvise and change his plans completely of face to the commitments of this month of October. I hammered and Eric are the only central available, in addition to the joker of Frenkie of Jong that has played in several opportunities like head office, and will be those who split like the alternative 'fixed' of the trainer egarense.
To understand the 'abysmal' start of season that is having Hammered, it is necessary to take in account that, before the stop of selections, only had contested 135 minutes (45' against Viktoria Plzen, in the Champions League, and 90' in front of the Elche, in LaLiga). It remained in the bench in six opportunities, because Xavi always has bet by Araújo, Christensen, Eric and Koundé.
After the injuries of the charrúa and French, played against the RCD Mallorca the complete crash, doing couple with Christensen. It was solvent and showed very safe, but against the Inter of Milan went back to the bank of acting. It went back to see benefited after the Danish asked the change, by a new injury, and went in to the field to contest the last 32 minutes of the clash.
The last opportunity of Hammered?
The next clashes of the Barça will be keys to understand the immediate future of Hammered in the team. If it achieves to settle and be important, can go in much more in rotation of what has come doing since it began of season. All the focuses are on him and is conscious that any error will be observed with a lupa and that it could condemn him by what subtracts of course.
From the club understand that his hierarchy and experience play to his favour in this stretch, but no him 'help' that does not have the same physicist of does some years and that has appeared in the photo of the big defeats of the Barça in the last years, especially in Europe. Therefore it is that it insisted so much in the change of cycle in which I already Hammered did not go in in the plans of Xavi. The history changed very soon and the egarense does not have more remedy that go back to trust his excompañero.