Xavi's failed experiment with Alejandro Balde in his 3rd consecutive substitution

Published:11/12/2023 - 00:06h

Updated:11/12/2023 - 14:05h

Alejandro Balde made his third consecutive substitution against Girona. The youth player has clearly lost his place in Xavi's eleven, who prefers Cancelo on the left. He came out in the second half and did not do it as a pure winger

Alejandro Balde follows without raising head in the FC Barcelona. The canterano, that was one of the players disclosure in Europe the past season and that until does only some months was considered one of the three better left sides of the world, added in front of the Girona his third consecutive party being acting. A 'drama' for him, taking into account that until does few weeks was indisputable headline.

Xavi Hernández has gone losing little by little the confidence in the Barcelonan, that this campaign is surrendering quite underneath in comparison to the past. The carrilero already was acting in Champions League in the two meetings in front of the Shakhtar, but in this moment did not imagine that it went to chain so many crashes without playing. From this last suplencia in League of Champions, the international Spanish has been headline once and has remained in the bank four, being three of them followed.

Right now it can say that for the trainer culé Joao Cancel is the left-handed side headline and Alejandro the acting. The Portuguese has played here in the last three commitments, giving a big level until this Sunday, when it was not too fine in front of the Girona. The ex of the City fits very well with Joao Félix, that has understood better with his compatriot that with Balde, and therefore the míster egarense has given him continuity here.

Xavi failed in the experiment with Balde

In this derbi Catalan, the Spanish was the first in going out to heat, but when it went in around the minute 60, not even did it of side. Xavi invented a new position for the '3' not to move to Cancel of the left, planting him to him like a species of 'false' central. The young footballer put at the side of Ronald Araújo, but with total freedom to go up to the centre of the field or to put of carrilero and exchange place with Joao, that was still in the left.

The result of this experiment was disastrous, since I Cancel followed without marking differences in band and Balde was in no man's land during the more than half hour that was on the terrain of game. The canterano was active and added whenever it could to the attack, but did not generate any danger and left the feeling to be stray. Xavi did not hit with this decision and on showed that to day of today seems not trusting Alejandro like pure side.