Former La Liga and Spain goalkeeper Santiago Canizares has shared a powerful and clear opinion on the scenario of Joan Garcia at Barcelona, insisting that the goalkeeper’s struggles are rooted within the group’s defensive shortcomings relatively than his personal performances.
Talking on Cadena COPE (h/t ), Canizares defined that Garcia is being left far too uncovered throughout matches, making it extraordinarily troublesome for him to maintain clear sheets.
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Based on the previous Valencia shot-stopper, the difficulty lies within the lack of safety in entrance of the goalkeeper.
“He doesn’t have a defence that protects him. He doesn’t have a defence that provides him confidence.
“They go away him very uncovered throughout each recreation, and that makes it extraordinarily troublesome for him to maintain a clear sheet,” he defined.
Garcia can be pissed off
Canizares went additional, suggesting that the issue is structural relatively than particular person.
In his view, Barcelona at the moment lack clear defensive ideas that assist safeguard their goalkeeper.
Canizares has defended Joan Garcia. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
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This, he warned, may finally damage Garcia’s confidence and general efficiency because the season progresses.
“What a goalkeeper likes is to go house, maintain a clear sheet, and see how the group helps you.
“With out that assist, it’s regular for confidence to be undermined. He doesn’t have a group the place a goalkeeper can get pleasure from himself in any method.”
Nothing however reward
Whereas acknowledging that Garcia has appeared “a bit of misplaced” in sure matches, Canizares was fast to emphasize that this notion is a consequence of Barcelona’s defensive fragility relatively than a mirrored image of the goalkeeper’s capacity.
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He defended the younger shot-stopper, describing him as one of the promising goalkeepers at the moment enjoying in Europe.
Cañizares additionally reminded listeners that solely weeks in the past, he had labelled , regardless of his absence from the nationwide group.
He warned that this continued non-selection may finally come again to hang-out each the coach and the Spain nationwide group on the upcoming FIFA World Cup.