This Saturday’s match against Rayo Vallecano not only left him Valencia the poor baggage of a point but, in addition, it will cause Dimitri Foulquier y Mouctar Diakhaby They cannot play next week against Celta de Vigo and that is a double problem for Jose Bordalás.
The only two players who will miss the Balaídos appointment are, precisely, the players who are replacing the only two injured that the team maintains, the winger Thierry Correia and the central Gabriel Paulista.
After the first had to change treatment by not making progress in recovering from the decompensation problem that he suffers in the pubis and the second relapsed from his ischial injury, both have a difficult time reaching Vigo, as Bordalás himself recognized this Saturday. “I honestly don’t think we can count on them this week, almost certainly,” he admitted.
In the case of the full-back, without Correia and without Foulquier, the coach has two options. The first would be to make use of the versatility and experience of Daniel Wass, who has played a lot in that position in other seasons. The second, not to give up the Dane in the center of the field, would be to bet on Cristiano Piccini, although after two years without playing as a starter it seems complicated. At least, he could do a previous test in the Copa del Rey.
Neither is the solution easy in the center of the defense because with Hugo Guillamón reconverted to a midfielder, the squad only has three centrals and two would not be available to accompany Omar Alderete.
Bordalás could make Guillamón play as a center back, a position that for example he maintains in the sub 21. The other option would be to make his youth debut, César Tárrega being the one who has been closest lately.
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