HE HAS BEEN DELAYING HIS POSITION
A 'reconverted' player: Marcos Alonso knows what it means to change position
Published New:21/10/2022 - 20:08h
Updated New:21/10/2022 - 20:08h
Although his natural position is as a left-back, it is no surprise that Marcos Alonso has played twice, so far, as a central defender for FC Barcelona.
The FC Barcelona fichó to Marcos Alonso with the intention that it reinforced the left side, but the ex of Chelsea already has appeared in two occasions like head office to reinforce the saga, in the middle of a rain of injuries for the culés. It has fulfilled with solvency, being the crash against the Villarreal his last staged. It left good feelings and turns into an alternative for Xavi Hernández.
It is not a secret for anybody that before had played like head office in the Stamford Bridge, but in a defence of three. In the Barça has 'cuajado' very well in the 4-3-3 like head office and 'resume' what has been Alonso along his career like footballer: a player that knows to adapt, change of position and reconvert to help to his team at all times.
As it remembers the newspaper 'SPORT', Marcos Alonso, in fact, has seen to delay his position with the happen of the years. When it began to play in the filial of the Real Madrid, with 18 years, saw him playing of extreme or left-handed interior. The one who was trainer of the Juvenile B, Juan Vicente Combed, saw that it could have potential in the left side and the bet has not failed him.
After going out of the Spanish capital, in the Fiorentina dazzled by his big polivalencia, that allowed him play so much of head office, as of side and inner. A player all terrain that went back to repeat feat in Chelsea, appearing like third head office or carrilero in the 3-5-2 of the English picture.
Important resource for Xavi
The polivalencia of Marcos Alonso is a good news for the trainer egarense, especially because it has finish surrendering at all times. He same said in press conference that "my main wish is to play, but if the technician considers it like this, will play of head office, although it was not my natural position". His will and disposal him 'add' so that Xavi take it in account.
Against the Villarreal, for example, went the Barcelona footballer with more intercepciones (3), the one who won the greater quantity of duels (3) and remained of second in the ranking of players that more times touched the balloon, with 103 (and 98% of tarpaulin in his passes), by behind Jordi Alba, with 131. Xavi only had praises for him.
"Can adapt perfectly, it has done a big party", said the trainer culé in front of the media. "Has conditions to go to the space, has capacity to win duels in the one against one, goes well in exit of balloon and besides is left-handed, that for us goes us of wonder. Good level of Marcos".
