The middle tandem is the demarcation that undergoes the most rotation at the beginning of the League. Xavi he has five top-level players and has used them all in these first seven games of the season. In front of Elchethe Terrassa coach can return ownership to Eric Garciato accompany Koundéwho played as right-back against Bayern.
Until now, Xavi He only repeated a pair of central defenders in two games: Araujo-Eric Garcia in Valladolid Y Seville, both reconciled with success and without any purpose. Except for the fight against Real societywhere he tried a defense with three central defenders, with Araujo-Christensen Y Eric Garcia, Xavi used five different central tandems. Pique He was the last to join. He is new Cádiz and with the Uruguayan by his side.
Araujo, certainly, is the most used of all. It shares ownership with Eric Garcia (Real Sociedad, Valladolid and Seville), Christensen (Real Sociedad and Bayern), and Piqué (Cádiz). In the fight against Ray He immediately played back.
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Koundé
Sometimes as a center-back with four starters
The former Sevilla player started just once as a central defender. It was in the Champions League against Viktoria Plzen and Christensen. The other three, Valladolid, Sevilla and Bayern, played on the right side
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Christensen
In four out of seven
Xavi lined up the former Chelsea player four times, once playing in the defense of the three and the other three in the classic four. Rayo, Viktoria Plzen and Bayern with Eric Koundé and Araujo.
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Eric Garcia
Substitute in the last three matches
Eric Garcia has had a strange start to the season. He started the first four games against Rayo, Real Sociedad, Valladolid and Sevilla but remained on the bench for two Champions League games against Viktoria Plzen and Bayer and against Cádiz.
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Araujo
Mainly for Xavi
The Uruguayan intervened from the start in six of the seven games that Barça played. He only stayed on the bench against Viktoria Plzen. Except against Rayo, in others he played in his usual demarcation.
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Pique
single ownership
Piqué played only two games. In one as a substitute, against Viktoria Plzen, for Sergi Roberto who had some discomfort and against Cádiz in the starting eleven, on the last day of the match.
Source: La Verdad
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