The five possible replacements for Araujo and Christensen

SA Xavi Hernandez He would not like to see his students’ matches with their respective teams during the current break for international matches. The Egarense coach saw how Andreas Christensen He was injured in Denmark and is waiting to see the exact extent of the centre-back’s injury. His partner in the backbone, Araujo, has remained at home with a left thigh adductor injury.

Xavi You will need to put together a new defense to deal with the next commitments and you have several options for the center back:

Mark Alonso

The one with the highest number

The Spanish defender has combined since his arrival at Barça his involvements between the left back and the axis of the rear, although it is true that there bucket and sunrise split lane minutes, frames He played mainly as a center back and performed well in the axis. Everything indicates that he will be one of those chosen to replace the injured Christensen.

2

Jules Koundé

And Sergi Roberto on the side

The Frenchman has been reconverted to right-back to give priority to the centre-back pair Araujo-Christensenbut his natural position is in the middle and in fact, without continuing in the Clásico, Xavi He puts him in his place when he opts, due to various circumstances, for another profile on the right back. It is not surprising to see her having a couple with Marcos while the Uruguayan and the Dane are out of action.
To do this, another right side needs to be found, and there is the figure of Sergi Roberto.

3

Eric Garcia

has a few minutes

He is the squad’s fourth natural center back but he does not rely on the continuity and confidence of Xavi. It will be a good occasion, in the absence of Araujo and Christensento see if Xavi Count on him and give him a chance to prove his worth in the axis of Barça’s defense.

4

Chad Riyadh

The affiliate option

He made his debut with the first team in Pamplona playing some testimonial last minutes in his third call up to Barça. This is a fixed for Rafael Marquez in the subsidiary and is also on the verge of his debut in the Moroccan senior team after being called for the first time by coach Walid Regragui for this Saturday’s friendly in Tangier against Brazil.

5

Frenkie de Jong

long shot

A lot of bad things have to happen to see the Dutch central defender. First, for the options you have Xavi previously available frankie explained before, and secondly, because moving him from the center of the field would change a formula that works and is already somewhat reduced by the decrease of Peter.

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