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PROBLEMS: The Barça receives to the PSG with a defence without people

Published:16/02/2021 - 00:05h

Updated:16/02/2021 - 00:05h

Ronald Koeman will have to demand tactically to strengthen the defensive zone, with important absences

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This Tuesday is marked in red for the FC Barcelona in the calendar. The duel in front of the PSG by the eighth of final of the Champions League is of vital importance for the culés and Ronald Koeman is conscious of this, as well as also it is it of the importance in the drops that suffers in the defensive zone.

The right side is the first affected with the drops of Sergi Roberto and the recent annoyances of Sergiño Dest, what has forced to the Dutch technician to experience with Mingueza and Firpo by this sector. Further to be able to fulfil inside the professional standards, do not contribute neither the speed of the American neither the exit of balloon of the Spanish.

By left relieves a bit the presence of Jordi Alba, although it is not to 100% and this mermará his performance, that surely see affected according to the rival that have to affect. Junior Firpo is a natural left side that does not finish to settle to the dynamics of the Barcelona, by what is likely to see headline to the Spanish with greater defensive effort.

The central defence is the quebradero of head bigger that has Koeman. The good news that was Araújo this season dilutes in the most important moment by his injury, that joined to the unstable state of form of Umtiti, will force possibly to force the return of Hammered, that arrives very well as far as has been able to see, although it does not have minutes of tone for the important appointment. It could form couple with Lenglet.

One of the last experiments of Koeman was to play with Of Jong like head office with exit, leaving more delayed to Lenglet. With the Dutch playing in a luck of Stopper the options increase, since Mingueza could be the right side and Pjanic occupy a place in the half beside Pedri and Busquets.

Offensive puzzle

One of the possible forms to solve the basic problem is to play with the attack, delaying pieces until filling gaps. With Of Jong playing of head office, Koeman could range a double pivote with Busquets and Pedri, leaving to Messi like steering wheel by behind a line of three, that would be Trincao, Griezmann and Dembelé, working in rhombus with the French of false nine and alternating position with the Argentinian.