Iñigo Martínez has left. Ronald Araujo has had to stop playing indefinitely due to anxiety. Eric Garcia is also needed in midfield. Gerard is acting as an emergency dispatch center. These are sensitive factors affecting the core of the defense, and there's a player—"with the capabilities to be the best center-back in the squad," as someone who has worked with him daily at ARA put it—who sits on the bench match after match. "Cubarsí isn't better at bringing the ball out from the back than him, but one is more daring and the other isn't," one person points out. "He was better than Iñigo, but one went out to dominate the game and the other is sometimes more timid," says another. Why isn't Andreas Christensen playing more for Hansi Flick's Barça? Injuries and physical discomfort aren't the only explanation.

Andreas Christensen has become Hansi Flick's alternative, as he doesn't have to move Pau Cubarsí to the left. The Danish player, who started in the last La Liga match in Vallecas alongside Eric Garcia, can play on the left wing and to fill the gap left by Iñigo Martínez without having to make any other changes to the Barça defensive line.Despite his contract expiring next June, there are still no talks about renewing Christensen's contract, and he will have to earn his place at Barça with strong performances on the pitch.

In case there were still any doubts, Hansi Flick's Barça is pure rock and roll. This is demonstrated by the offensive recital he offered yesterday in Seoul in the second match of the Asian tour. No one will be able to stop Barça, not even Xabi Alonso's new Real Madrid, from once again becoming by far the most striking team in Spanish football. His trademark boldness will once again provide a veteran striker like Lewandowski with the opportunity to put up big numbers, just as it will make it quite difficult for Joan Garcia to finish his first La Liga title as a Barça player with the best goals conceded ratio. This is what happens when you defend to the limit and, as happened a few months ago against Inter, when you risk conceding seven goals in a Champions League semi-final.

With less than a week to go until the end of the financial year, work is intense in the Barça offices. In both the financial and sporting departments, the club is using its last ammunition to close with the green light. With no matches on the horizon or sponsorship deals pending, all that remains is to wait for the auditor to validate the 100 million euros from seat sales. VIP and speed up the process of getting rid of the discarded players. Ultimately, it's about balancing the books and returning to the 1:1 rule. the one that allows you to sign in normally, are parallel objectives.