Robert Lewandowski returned to training ahead of Barça’s Champions League semi-final 2nd leg, much to the delight of Hansi Flick. But will Alejandro Balde miss the game through injury?
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GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS…..
To be honest, if given a choice hypatically for Balde to play against inter or the Clasico, I would choose the Clasico. The deep block by Inter would be structured to block the wingers. I am not saying that Balde would not create problems for Inter but given the situation, I would prefer to have defensive solidity in the form of having Inigo at LB on Tuesday. What is required to break-down Inter is magic in the form of Pedri and Lamine and Lewa's quality. If we refer back to the first game, it is the magic of Pedri and Lamine that helped us. We simply shouldn't throw everything in UCL…For me, La Liga is just as important and it is currently ours if we choose not to give it to RM. Balde is definitely needed in El Clasico….there will be a lot space on the left flank for him to exploit especially since RM backline is somewhat of a make-shift one. Once we beat RM again we would be one win away from the league title. Just my two cents on keeping everything into perspective.
jamie jamie jamie calm down 😅risking a players future is something we should have learned from with ansu fatti
I’ll rather play Blade in that left wing.. I’ll definitely take the risk because this game is more important than the El Classico.
We should not risk Balde at all. Flick is right. We should use more experienced players. Balde may be needed in La Liga as Real Madrid is catching up.
Let's have confidence in the defensive setup Flick would have. I hope Lewa would be up to our high expectation, on Tuesday.
I read a recent article that Barca have already made more money in the champions league that their expected budget.
From a business perspective it’s wise to rest balde and focus more on La Liga. We’d make more money and have more to spend in the summer.
No. We shouldn’t risk balde for one
Resort to back 3 in the back (3-4-3) if we don't have both Balde and Kounde. Ditch the wings and own the midfield. Araujo, Cubarsi and Inigo can be the 3 CBs
I have a positive spirit that balde will still play
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All the best to The team
This is what happens when we play 17/18/19 years olds every game 😢
Why not araujo as RB and Eric at LB? Araujo has experience Playing on right.
It was a nice UCL run while it lasted. Hope we do better next year, w better backups
My two points to fear
Barca in white shorts
Araujo as centre back , barca consider a lot from crosses, setpieces. I feel it should araujo(rb) , christensen(cb) , cubarsi ( cb) , Inigo (lb).
Or we can play a 3-5-2 formation where Araujo and Inigo form the backline and Christensen and Eric can help with Olmo, Pedri and Olmo in Mid , with the usual front three of Raphinha, Ferran/Lewangoalski , Lamal.
Infantino is supporting inter
for me the wild card is Jofre torrents from barça atletic
I’m honestly not feeling confident in that back line. I hope Balde at least will be back
there's still the chance that Balde plays, relapses, Barca lose, and Baldes out for the rest of season. I wouldn't play him.
It's not about relapse also . Balde is a young player and it is safe to say , we plan to depend on him for upcoming seasons . We don't want to rush him for a very important season and ruin a player , make him injury prone and ruin a great lb option for the future seasons .
At this point I would prefer caring for my players over anything .
I would play Araujo RB
Cubarsi and Iñigo CBs
Hector Fort LB
But I don't think we'll line up this way
Gerard Martin has to start if Balde is not available. He's a natural fullback and Inigo didn't really play that well either in that position in the 1st leg. However Eric Garcia as right back is good because he's not bad defensively like Fort. Inter is not going to threaten us from open play that much, so our set piece defending has to be top notch.
Araujo should be rb, iñigo cb and eric lb, because when iñigo is not our cb barcelona's on ball game drops drastically.
Well this game is make or break. either we win it , or the whole season will be very different at the end.
2:58 Nice job, Lewy. Nothing says “Team!” like pointing to the name on the back of your jersey.
Inigo at LB can be used well with those crosses👀🤫
This Inter game is very tense… we went from being ready to go, to now… walking on glass, scary scary…. But exciting
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Inter have 3 cb, and we did well on pressing them with ferran, raph and yamal, lewa usually marks the cdm bcz he can't press that much, which means they'll have one CB free to recieve the ball.
Balde is a bigger concern. Our attack isn't an issue