Luuk de Jong and Aubameyang fight to be Barça's '9' against Valencia

If there is something that has changed in the last month in the FC Barcelona, after the market of wintry signings, is that the trainer Xavi Hernández has more alternative to configure his alignments, especially in the forward. Against Valencia, in a decisive party to follow 'alive' in LaLiga, has numerous alternative, but the main battle will centre in who would have to be the '9' headline of the Barcelona picture: Luuk of Jong or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The two live a moment very different and leave to the egarense in front of a difficult decision to take. Luuk, for example, has given steps of giants in this 2022 and has commissioned of callar all the criticisms in his against. In spite of that was constantly in the door of exit of the Camp Nou, has gone showing that it can be an important player and, especially, lethal inside the area. Against the Espanyol was the best example, with a goal in the last sigh of the meeting to put the marker in tables and rescue a point.

Luuk Has become a player impredecible and determinant. In front of the Naples, the past Thursday, signed a few occasions although ingresó to the terrain of game in the final minutes. In fact, had a Chilean that no coló in the area of Meret by very little. The Dutch is the clear example that it does not need have all the continuity wished (or deserved) to keep to tope and be últil when it is in the terrain of game.

Aubameyang, by the contrary, has showed that is in his -logical- process of adaptation and that needs time to settle in the team. The past Thursday in the crash against the Napoli had his first opportunity to go out like titling with the Barça, but was not so determinant as it expected (or as it needed the team, to be more precise). It worked a lot and it helped to the culés, but still needs a push more.

No only this. It is necessary to take in account that is a change of chip and philosophy for the forward gabonés, the one who is a player that in the Arsenal or Dortmund turned into a forward that offers 'always' to the space and the one who stands out by his reception in career and far of the scope of the defence. And there it goes in the need of adaptation, put this caracterísitca supposes a big disadvantage for the idea of positional game that Xavi Hernández wants that it exist in the Barcelona picture.

In this model of game in which the egarense insists, hay moments for the fixation of the nine and others to throw splits to the space. Like this then , for Aubameyang and Xavi will be key the arcertar the 'timing' of the desmarques and his directions. A task that 'will force' to the trainer to work directly with the forward.

Who will be to title against Valencia?

They are many the doubts that could have to expensive to the crash of this Sunday against Valencia, but the most logical would be that Xavi of continuity to the trident with which, predictably, will contest the rest of the season. In this sense, would be Aubameyang the one who colará in the forward of the Barça and will leave to Luuk like a revulsivo for the second part.

Like this it went out against the Espanyol and Naples, in fact, marking the difference and improving to the Barcelona picture from his exit. The culés expect that it was still in his positive series and that it can help of face to the rival goal, because it is more than necessary in these moments when to the Barça is missing him a lot of goal.