The culé defense is a minefield right now. It is very difficult to gain a place there, but very easy to be in the photo of a defeat. Last year and that record of unbeatability. The Catalans are displaying a worrying defensive weakness and that translates into punctures, in a Girona that escapes in the table and that doubts arise about the suitability of Xavi for the position.
As always happens in these cases, the situation is not the result of a single problem. Several factors come together that make the team not defend as well as it should. And that already starts at the top, with the first line of pressure.
Now, the fact that most of the defenders are playing outside their natural position also plays an important role in all this.
Missing Bucket
The decision of Xavi to sit at Bucket. The youth player, who last year sat Jordi Alba, seems to have fallen out of favor with the coach in recent times. It is true that it is common for youth players who settle in the first team to go through some bumps, but this one is having consequences.
Balde has only played 33 minutes in the last three games, which speaks of his weight loss. The problem is that he is no longer there Jordi Alba to rotate and it seems that Xavi does not trust Marcos Alonso -now injured-. Hence she prefers to put I cancel on the left, which causes him to play Koundé on the right. And the Frenchman, as has already been seen, suffers a lot in that position. He appears in most of the photos of conceded goals.
2023-12-13 10:59:53
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