ADDS 421 BARCELONA MATCHES
Jordi Alba sneaks into the 'top 10' of players with the most games with Barça
Published:10/04/2022 - 21:22h
Updated:10/04/2022 - 21:22h
Jordi Alba continues making history with FC Barcelona. This Sunday, with his starting role against Levante UD, the left-back has become the tenth player with the most appearances at the Blaugrana club
Jordi Alba follows signing his name in the books of history of the FC Barcelona. The left side has converted this Sunday, with his titularity in the crash in front of the Raise by the day 31 of LaLiga Santander 2021-2022, in the tenth footballer with more parties in the history of the Barcelona club. The one of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat equalises to Guillermo Armor and will want to follow escalando positions.
The player formed in The Masia accumulates 421 apparitions with the Barcelona T-shirt, the same that Guillermo Love and by behind myths like Rexhach (449), Víctor Valdes (535), Migueli (549), Puyol (593), his mates Gerard Hammered (604) and Sergio Busquets (672), also Andrés Iniesta (674), his trainer Xavi Hernández (767) and a 'insuperable' Lionel Messi, with 778 parties with the T-shirt blaugrana.
In this season, Jordi Alba has played it practically all when it has been available. Sum 35 clashes, with two goals and nine assistances. In fact, it is the second player of the staff that more passes of goal has given to his mates, by behind Ousmane Dembélé, that adds 10. The one of L'Hospitalet has turned into a player insustituible and key for the team directed by Xavi Hernández.
The egarense, with the one who shared changing room by some years, considers it like a key player for the Barça. It has showed it with the importantísima quantity of parties that has contested under his 'protect' and also every time that has opportunity in room of press. Recently, Xavi commented that "it is a competitive beast and a physical animal", adding that "for me is little valued, so much in attack as in defence. The leadership that exerts in the team is a show".
Alba, without replacement
The big problem with Jordi Alba is that it does not have a player that can substitute him in case that have problems, at least of course. The only 'comdín' is Alejandro Balde, canterano Barcelona, but Xavi has demostado (when it has been available) that does not have he. The egarense, in fact, has asked a signing to be able to use in case that Alba was not available.
"Have reliefs no natural like Óscar or Sergiño. It is the moment to ask an effort to the team because we play it to us everything in four or five weeks. The team has quality to take out the parties forward", has commented Xavi in the last days. While it achieves a 'competition', Alba will keep on being to title indisputable.
