Jordi Alba, angel and demon

Although he is no longer the player who impressed a few years ago with his ability to run the band in both directions, Jordi Alba (1989) showed against Real that, in an offensive direction, he is still a player capable of being harmful. Author of a beautiful goal wrapping the ball with his right leg, and an assist to De Jong, he was able to complete a tremendous game with a ball that Griezmann delivered in an incomprehensible manner into the hands of Remiro.

Alba congratulated herself at the end of the game for the attitude the team had had. “Today we all went to one,” he said. That is precisely what has been in question in the last week on the wing. The attitude. At his throw-in in Cádiz in the 2-1 play, an unforgivable oversight that erased his participation in 1-1, They have added this week to two details that he should correct, although at this point in his career those tics are already difficult to solve. In the Champions League, the expulsion was played. After seeing the yellow for protesting an action in the game, he applauded the German Tobias Stieler, who if he had seen the gesture could have sent him off out of contempt. And against Real, Alba hit Januzaj's head with a ball in a game action that set social networks on fire and that, at least from the outside, gave the feeling of being able to have saved. Alba begins to frequent those ugly details. He had it in Munich, where he also escaped expulsion when he hit a ball without rhyme. Skomina only showed him a yellow card, but these outbursts could end up hurting the team.

Alba lives in a permanent vindication. Also soccer. The winger has once again ceased to be a regular in the squad calls with the return of Luis Enrique, who has chosen Gayá and Reguilón as a pair of left backs. Alba's football reports are excellent in terms of offensive production, but poor in defensive performance, especially when the match demands a high pace of play on a permanent basis. There Alba suffers, in the long high intensity sections. The winger fights against that stigma after the Anfield disaster and the Cup final, where Carlos Soler left him in evidence in the 0-2 play. What is clear against Real is that the one from L'Hospitalet does not give up. And that the angel that he wears denotro took out to save Barça. Other days it is devil.