The terrible data starring Gavi, De Jong and Pedri that explains Barça's campaign

The FC Barcelona, from the past season, account probably with one of the medullary zones more stood out in the European football. To the beginning of this campaign, anticipated that Xavi went to confront a 'beautiful problem' regarding the players to range in this zone of the terrain of game, since, in spite of the sensitive drop of Sergio Busquets, added to the midfield strengthened by Frenkie of Jong, Pablo Gavi and Pedri González, a player of the category of Ilkay Gündoğan.

That invited to think in all the possibilities that the trainer of Terrassa could have to make his staff. For example, if it opted for working with a 4-4-2 to populate the midfield with all the talentosos players to his disposal, or if it continued with the 4-3-3, which would generate a constant debate on which names employ. Another option would be to use to Gavi like false extreme. In definite, presented a lot of variables that, up to now, have not been able to test because of the numerous injuries that have affected to the Barcelona cast.

Like this it began the ordeal of injuries in the midfield of the Barça

The first in falling in this season was Pedri. The Tenerifean lesionó in the previous of the duel in front of the Villarreal CF in the day three of LaLiga. This absence was paliada by the egarense with the inclusion of Gavi in the eleven initial. Nevertheless, the following hit in the medullary zone would arrive in the day against the Celtic of Vigo, when Frenkie of Jong had to abandon the meeting to the 36' because of annoyances in his right ankle.

This unlucky injury marked a turning point in the season. Although Xavi attained recomponer his alignment, forming a triangle with Gavi and Gündogan like interiors and Oriol Romeu like pivote, began to evidenciar the falencias in the game of the Catalan cast and did evident the vital that is to have a player as Of Jong. From his absence, Oriol Romeu saw desprovisto of defensive support, what affected negatively his performances and, in general, the team had difficulties to work without his polyvalent player and the fan of solutions that offers in the terrain of game.

However, thanks to the irruption of Fermín López and to the individual talent of the German and the Andalusian, the Barça attained to buoy. They longed for can recover to his players lesionados and finally conform a medullary zone that undoubtedly revitalizaría to the team, already was by his collective operation or by the individual talent of the cual the absent have to raudales.

The injury of Gavi cancelled the plans to range together to the three 'jugones'

In the meantime, the panorama began to improve for the culés. After 71 days of inactivity, Pedri returned to the terrains of game, adding 33 minutes in front of the Real Sociedad. Xavi breathed calmer, only was missing him a player in the medullary zone. Although in this duel in front of the Basques, the Andalusian midfield player received a caution and ensured his absence in the next party of league against the Alavés, in general, the things seemed more alentadoras. It began to discern the return of Of Jong for the clash against the Ray Vallecano, where Gavi already would be available for the technician, and with the Tenerifean healthy, finally could have his midfield title to the complete.

Lamentably, during the last date FIFA, the Barça received a bitter news: the injury of the '6' culé, the one who broke the ligaments crossed of the right leg. It confirmed that it will be offside during a minimum period of eight months, what descarta completely the possibility to see to Gavi, Frenkie of Jong and Pedri together again, controlling the game. This time, the situation is much graver, since this idea remains descartada, at least until mediated of 2024.

Curiously, the FC Barcelona has not had to his three talentosos together midfield players in his medullary zone from the end of the past season. It was in this party against the Espanyol, where ensured the title of LaLiga with a conclusive victory by 2-4, when the one of Terrassa opted by a diagram 4-3-3 with the Dutch like pivote and the Tenerifean and the Andalusian like interiors. This alignment, until the moment, has been difficult to see again, what carries to the egarense to reflexionar on how reorganise a midfield that is one of the more talentosos of the world, but that unfortunately has confronted problems in terms of plenitud physical.