{"id":75018,"date":"2017-02-01T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/mascherano-confirms-like-the-mediocentro-of-the-barca_196593_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:58:27","slug":"mascherano-confirms-like-the-mediocentro-of-the-barca_196593_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/players\/mascherano-confirms-like-the-mediocentro-of-the-barca_196593_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Mascherano Confirms  like the mediocentro of the Bar\u00e7a"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Luis Enrique confirmed this Wednesday that Javier Mascherano is the man in which more  f\u00eda for the mediocentro of the FC Barcelona when Sergio Busquets is not. In front of the Athletic, the Argentinian went back to the centre of the field<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p>The big doubt of the <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong> for the mediocentro when it is not available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/tags\/sergio-busquets.html\"><strong>Sergio Busquets<\/strong><\/a> seems already lossy. And it is that Luis Enrique has left clear that<strong> Javier Mascherano is his more reliable option<\/strong> for the pivote in the most decisive parties of the Barcelona group.<\/p> <p>As it already did in the duel of turn in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/copa-del-rey-calendario-y-resultados.html\"><strong>the chambers of Glass of the King<\/strong> <\/a>in front of the <strong>Real Sociedad<\/strong>, the Asturian went back to bet by the player of Saint Lorenzo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/alineaciones-del-atletico-barca-ida-semifinales-copa_196586_102.html\"><strong>the centre of the field in front of the Athletic of Madrid<\/strong><\/a>. The good do of &#8220;Masche&#8221; here gives him the keys of the mediocentro as long as the one of Bad\u00eda was not.<\/p> <p>And it is that Mascherano contributes him a lot to the team in this demarcation. An aseada gone out of ball, a lot of work and &#8220;pressing&#8221; to avoid that the team break  and also allows him to this that his lateral can go up more, since given the moment can act of third head office as it did &#8220;Busi&#8221;.<\/p> <p>That seems, therefore, the clearest option of the trained blaugrana that, however, had not bet by her in previous seasons. <strong>Sergi Roberto<\/strong> had been the one who more times had done of Busquets when this was not the two previous seasons. In this<strong> Andr\u00e9 Gomes<\/strong> carries  the palm with six parties in this demarcation.<\/p> <h2> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/tags\/samuel-umtiti.html\">Umtiti<\/a>, key factor to see to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/tags\/javier-mascherano.html\">Mascherano<\/a> of mediocentro<\/h2> <p><strong>Ivan Rakitic<\/strong> also has played several clashes here, but remains clear that Mascherano has won them the game to all. 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