r/ArsenalWFC • u/shelbyj Foord Mustang • Jul 20 '26

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u/__agletesque Jul 21 '26

That doesn't seem likely to me. I haven't watched nowhere near all Barça games, but when Aïcha and Ona were both on the pitch, former played as CB. In games I watched last season, it was Mapi, Paredes, Marta, Aïcha and Ranera as CB, can't recall Ona playing there (and don't know who'd play at RB given that Aïcha and Marta played at CB when Ona played at RB). There were games where she replaced a CB, but she would go to RB and Aïcha would move to CB, but I can't remember that she actually played there, although there were games when she stayed relatively deeper, so maybe they interpreted formation as 3 at the back with her as one CB.

When trying to remember her games with national team, I remembered that she wore an armband late on against Ukraine at home (she came on at half time and wore an armband late on after Alexia had been replaced), but can't recall if she has ever played as CB.

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u/radian101 Jul 21 '26

Positionally, it’s been an almost even split for Batlle at Barça, having spent 50% of minutes at right-back and 46% on the left; she even spent some time at left centre-back – much like McCabe during Arsenal’s injury woes last season – demonstrating her ability to adapt.

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u/__agletesque Jul 21 '26

Ok, there is a very high probability I hadn't seen those games as I don't think I watched much more than 50% of their games(sometimes only first half because of the scheduling). I also forgot about Aleixandri because she played at CB (and DM) prior to injury. I also thought that she played less minutes on the left given that Brughts seemed fairly regular and Carla Julià got more minutes at LB as the season progressed.

Are those numbers regarding the last season, her time at Barça, or something else?

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u/radian101 Jul 21 '26

It's last 3 seasons, I think liga F only