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BARÇA WILL RETURN TO A KNOWN SYSTEM

Script twist! Barça will play with three centre-backs due to Cancelo's 'KO'

Published:5/01/2024 - 17:07h

Updated:5/01/2024 - 20:58h

Joao Cancelo's injury will force Xavi Hernández to return to playing with three centre-backs in defence. Jules Koundé will move back to the side like last season, which was when Barça defended best

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The FC Barcelona did strong the past season in his defence, with a quite consolidated line formed by Jules Koundé like usual right side, Ronald Araújo and Andreas Christensen like head offices, and Alejandro Balde like carrilero left-handed. The '3' was practically the left extreme of the Barça in the title of League harvested the past course, allowing more luxuries in attack by the solidity that gave to have three pure defenders to his side.

However, in the club and the technical body wanted to fichar to a pure right side to give back to Koundé to the centre and have at last offensive threat by this side. Therefore it arrived Joao Cancel, that has had stretches this campaign to be the best or one of the best of his team. However, the Portuguese is much more neglected in defence that Jules and the Barcelona is paying expensive the change, conceding more occasions and quite a lot of more goals in the current campaign.

The injury of Cancel will change it everything

The destination has wanted that Xavi have to go back to the system that so well worked him the course gone through fault of the injury of Cancel against The Palms. The carrilero will be of drop between two and three weeks like minimum, by what during this time the right side will go back to be Jules, losing in attack and surely winning backwards. The big doubt is if Christensen will accompany to Araújo as it does a year or if it will be Iñigo Martínez the one who do it once recovered.

The Basque seems that will have minutes in the première of Glass of the King this Sunday, by what looms directly the titularity of Andreas. Before lesionarse does a month, the ex of the Athletic had turned into indisputable for Xavi, winning him the pulse to the Danish when Ronald and the French also were healthy. If it goes back of his injury in shape, is likely that the trainer go back to opt by him, especially if the Nordic does not show that it is to the level of the past season.

Balde Will go out benefited with this change

It was as it was, the Barcelona goes to play with three central defenders more a pure side, that in this case will be Balde to 100%. The international Spanish will be able to have again the defensive security that had antaño and that had lost with the presence of Cancel. His performance has gone down clearly so much in attack as in defence, but perhaps with this 'gone back to the origins' can recover his best version and go back to be the puñal by band that was does no so much.

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