Jordi Alba in a duel with Ander Layer

ALBA WAS ONE OF THE SIGNALED

Jordi Alba, decisive in attack and disastrous in defense

Published:18/01/2021 - 10:00h

Updated:18/01/2021 - 10:00h

Jordi Alba was one of the protagonists of Barça in the Super Cup in both the negative and positive aspects. The full-back participated in the two goals for the Catalans, but he was also the main responsible for the Athletic goals

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Jordi Alba was one of the big signalled in the defeat of the FC Barcelona in the final of the Supercopa of Spain. The left side cuajó a good party in attack, as almost always, but in defence was to a level bajísimo and propició the two goals that marked the Athletic Club. The Catalan was powerless during all the crash in the defensive section and left a lot that wish.

In the 1-1 of Óscar of Marcos, the one of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat remained portrayed. The player of the Athletic won him the back with a lot of ease and put by behind to mark to pleasure in front of Ter Stegen. The carrilero left him several metres of space by behind his and showed a feeling of dejadez absolute. Not even it had options to arrive to cut the balloon because it did not see to Of Marcos until it already had finished.

But this error was not the only of the international Spanish, that went back to star another that cost the 2-2. In the 89, when the Barça already touched the Supercopa, Alba broke the offside and allowed that Asier Villalibre marked to pleasure against Ter Stegen. The same that did in the first time his mate, the forward finished entirely only in front of the passivity of the Barcelona defence and of Jordi.

After these two failures clamorosos, the left-handed side has remained very distinguished. The defence never has been his best virtue, but his speed and concentration always have done him be a defender more than correct. Nevertheless, from it does time is not surrendering to his best level backwards and the bilbaínos took advantage of of this in his two first so many.

Alba compensated his errors backwards in the goals of the Barça

But in spite of his apparent dejadez defensive, the Catalan keeps on being decisive in attack, as it also showed in this Supercopa. In the 1-0 of the Barça, the carrilero arrived from backwards receiving a good pass of Leo Messi and put it backwards so that the Argentinian finished from the penalty spot, causing of this form the rebound that gave place to the target of Antoine Griezmann.

In the 2-1, his intervention was direct, since it was the assistant of Griezmann in the second so much of the French. Alba did a big wall with Ousmane Dembélé, won the space with speed and put it perfectly to the Frenchman so that it annotated in front of Unai Simón. A big played of Jordi that shows that it follows compensating his fragility in defence with big apparitions in attack.

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