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Jordi Alba

shines again, a joy with a hidden face for Barça.

When he goes through these moments of grace, the full-back makes the most of his offensive qualities and his special connection with Messi, with whom he has an unusual facility to combine on the pitch.

Something that is showing again with force in recent games.

But, unfortunately, there is also a dark side.

On too many occasions, his rises to the attack leave the rear unguarded on his left flank.

Something that is even more noticeable when that delicate area is as vulnerable as it has done time and time again with

Koeman

on the bench.

And, in addition, there is something even worse: it does not have a relief of guarantees and, therefore, it lacks a competition that increases the requirement.

Since he arrived at Barça in 2012, nobody has been able to overshadow him.

And there are many names that have passed through the left side with more pain than glory.

Like, for example,

Lucas Digne

and

Junior Firpo

, to name the last two.

They have failed to such an extent that it has not been at all strange that the technicians bet on changing the

wing

to a right back, as happened with

Semedo

or, recently, with

Sergiño Dest

.

All this accumulation of circumstances have made Alba irreplaceable, and that poses a risk.

In case of injury, the team is terribly unbalanced.

And, in addition, there is no glimpse of a generational change of guarantees.

Something that was reflected in a contract renewal that lasts until June 30, 2024, with revenues of about 10 million euros and a termination clause of 500 million that was signed two years ago.

"We have always said: there is a League"

That the Barça club needs a piece capable of taking over from Alba is as evident as the most publicized need to prop up the center of the rear.

In his last year of contract, he will be 35 years old.

And speed, the main virtue of players like him, is a virtue to which the passage of time takes a serious and inevitable toll.

His physical characteristics, moreover, do not invite us to think that he can become a center-back, as the great

Paolo Maldini did

.

The present, despite everything, smiles at him again.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for him to see the team with enough arrests to seriously fight for the League.

«We have always said it: there is a League.

From the outside, sometimes they see us inside the fight and sometimes away from it.

But, if we get hooked, we can fight to the end.

The one who fails the least is the one who will win this highly competitive title, "he proclaimed after the victory against Elche.

"We must be more united than ever," he stressed.

Winning this Saturday against Sevilla in the Pizjuán seems absolutely vital.

For such a momentous meeting, Koeman recovers

Ronald Araujo

, once his left ankle injury was over, but he will not be able to count on

Miralem Pjanic

, who was pointed out in the bad first half against Elche, due to some discomfort in his right ankle.

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