OFFICIAL! Ter Stegen and Raphinha become Barça's new 'signings'

The FC Barcelona has recovered officially to Marc-André ter Stegen and Raphinha, two 'reinforcements' of luxury for the ones of Xavi Hernández of face to the eighth of final of the Champions and the final stretch of LaLiga. The German, drop from does more than two months by a lumbar injury that forced him to go through the operating theatre, returns with the mission to give back to the team the solidity lost deep down, being the '1' the 'MVP' of the past season thanks to his countless cut across that cost a League.

By his part, the Brazilian reappears after a month product of an inopportune injury in the biceps femoral of the left thigh suffered in the semis of the Supercopa Spanish in front of the Osasuna (2-0). Before this muscular prick, the forward of 27 years had added 2 goals and 4 assistances in his last 6 parties between League and Glass, being the footballer culé more determinant in the final stretch of 2023.

With Raphinha, the Barça recovers a key piece in attack

For the Barça, the turn of Raphinha supposes to recover to the maximum second asistidor of the team. In total, the Brazilian adds 7 assistances in 20 apparitions this season (5 in League), a pair less than Ílkay Gündogan. Besides, it has converted 4 goals, with an average of 1 so much each 249 minutes. In the 2022/23, the one of Carry Cheerful was the player culé that more so many delivered, with 12 assistances in 50 parties in which it also did 10 targets.

In this sense, the Barça recovers to a key piece in attack, further that his turn can force to Xavi to restart the diagram of three attackers if it is that it wants to keep to Lamine Yamal in the XI. The drop of the ex forward of the Leeds United opened the door to the alignment to the canterano in the last four days of LaLiga, being the more desequilibrante of the team. This, to his time, will carry to the egarense to replantearse the role of Pedri in the team, considering that the Tenerifean has alternated in the last parties the role of extreme/interior by left with the one of second pivote.

The return of Ter Stegen, key to recover the defensive solidity

Although the Barça had a beginning of season complicated regarding the quantity of goals received, the drop of Ter Stegen sharpened the problems in defence of a team totally stranger deep down regarding the previous season. Before the injury of the '1', the Barça received 15 so many in 17 parties. The German left his arch in zero in 8 opportunities, 6 of them by League and 2 by Champions.

Instead, with Iñaki Crag, the team received more than the double of goals in identical quantity of parties. In total, went 33 the so many fit by the Alicante in 17 commitments in which only it could keep his fence invicta in three opportunities. In January, the Barça hit rock bottom in defence with 19 goals against in hardly 9 parties, a bloodletting that included the elimination of Glass of Rey and the goleada in the final of the Supercopa Spanish.