Jordi Alba is one of the players that has had to reinvent because of the change of diagram that has implanted Ernesto Valverde in the game of the team. The Catalan side, however, is showing his best version in the present campaign, since it has of total freedom to go up to the attack by the left lane.
In previous seasons, the demarcation of extreme by the left was occupied by Neymar, something that subtracted him depth to Jordi Alba and that forced him to be much more attack to the defensive coverages. Nevertheless, the drop of the Brazilian and the decision of Valverde of not planting to a fixed attacker in the left flank does that Alba have the possibility to win depth with his incursions.
Another of the benefited of this factor is Leo Messi, with the one who Jordi Alba is connecting a lot of more times that in previous campaigns. In front of teams that defend en bloc together and shut in his area, the option of the factor surprise by the left band of the Catalan side serves to open the field and to take out to rival defences of the cave, something that helps to generate spaces.
In this sense, the Argentinian and the Catalan feel comfortable looking for the one to the another. Messi knows that the option to open the field by the left because of the deployment of Jordi Alba. This last, by his part, search continuously to the '10' Barcelona with his centres, something that generates a lot of occasions of goal and that is used to desatascar the parties.
Jordi Alba recognises that it looks for to Messi
Jordi Alba recognised after the last party of LaLiga in front of the Villarreal that is used to to look for to Messi when it centres. "Whenever I can, I look for to Messi because it puts almost all. It is the best of the history and a very important player for the team. No only to the hour to play, also like person", recognised the Barcelona side.