The presence of Kieran Tierney is the main novelty in the call for 24 players designed by Imanol Alguacil for the match against Barcelona at Montjuïc. The Scot is pressing his return in the absence of two other left backs in the squad, Aihen and Prince, and ownership is intended after completing only two training sessions with others. There were five absences due to injury: Zubimendiexpected on Thursday against Valencia, Prince, Zubeldia, Carlos Fernandez and Aihen. So things are, Xavi Hernandez He will be left without seeing in situ the pivot he wants to have in his future team, the one he has publicly praised, which Martin Zubimendi.
Because of this, the coach was forced to call the reserve team to complete the list. In this case, he recruited the goalkeeper Ayeshawhich in principle will be thrown at the last minute, and the defenders Aramburu, Ruperez and John Martin. These latter two have not made their first team debut so far.
There are many unknowns associated with the initial ‘eleven’. The main thing is to know if Imanol will continue to have Becker as right winger or he will be re-aligned to Take Kubo, replaced and hampered by some quadriceps discomfort in the previous game. It is not excluded that the coach wants to protect himself, especially because Tierney came out from injury, and chose a defense of three centre-backs and two long wings and also introduced some new elements such as Zakharyan in the middle of the field.
Source: La Verdad
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