Tito Vilanova will have to hand over 21 Barcelona players, senior and B team players, for their FIFA World Cup international matches.
Nine Spanish internationals will be out of the Barca squad for the next two weeks, due to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque’s calling.
The nine Spanish players called out of Barcelona’s squad are, Victor Valdes, Gerard Pique, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629. All nine Barca players are
in the selection for the matches with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Georgia-c2903.
Along with those nine players gone, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chile-c2871, and the Cameroonian national
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexandre-c4885 Song has to play for his country as well.
Apart from their senior players, six regular B team players are also called for duty for Spain’s Under-21 team. The six young Spaniards are http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-c8330
Planas, all of whom have been chosen to represent their country against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879.
So it seems like top senior players have to take a leave from training and play internationally. However, will their leave affect their game? If Messi comes back injured, who is going to score Barcelona’s goals?
Apart from the risk of injury, one has to keep in mind the fact that they are going to be out of team training, all the hard work gone towards team chemistry is at a risk. This may not seem like such a huge issue seeing that 9
Spanish team members play for the same club. However, it could cause issues for those that have to switch team tactics, such as Messi, Mascherano, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sanchez and Song. Especially Song, with barely a week in training with Barcelona, the Cameroonian
international will have to switch team styles three times in less than one month.
Nonetheless, duty calls, and the chance to represent your country is one that most people only dream of. Hopefully, we’ll see the return of all 21 players safely.
However, this is a chance for the other Spanish clubs to pull up their socks and train harder than ever to debunk the current league toppers.
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