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Barça coach, Xavi Hernández, has been experimenting in defense, making several positional changes with the aim of improving performance that is far from last year’s performance. The experiments have worked on some occasions, but the situation will change in the coming weeks.
Both in the sports area and in the club there was concern about some changes in location and one of the conclusions is that Araujo must play centrally because he is the best specialist at the back in his position and because Xavi already has a right back who can be He signed him this summer to be a starter.
Araujo had been playing in the last few games as a right back as well as in the committed games. Xavi is clear that he was suffering a lot on the sides and was betting on placing a tough and fast defender in the position to stop the dangerous attacks of the rivals.
The Uruguayan center back already assured a few weeks ago He didn’t like playing in that position too much and from now on he could become a fixture in the center of the defense, his natural position.
Last season’s Barça team forged its successes in good defense and, curiously, using Koundé as a right-back. The Frenchman complained at the end of the season and threatened to leave if he did not return to the central position, but his performance has been calamitous in some games so he could rest for a few games, while Araujo must be fundamental in the team’s reaction from his natural position.
From there, Cancelo would return to the right side and Balde or Marcos Alonso to the left to try to maintain the regularity and coherence of the project.
The Blaugrana club has enough centre-backs to rotate and also full-backs and Xavi’s management has surprised the sports area in some games. All of this is more than discussed between Deco and Xavi with the aim of improving game by game.
Source: Sport
