Much has been said in the last days of the great match that Philippe Coutinho completed against Villarreal last weekend. The carioca put the team on his back in the few minutes that he was lucky enough to play.
He is a player who has suffered a lot at Barcelona but what is undeniable is his quality. A footballer with a technique available to very few players today, and a powerful and very precise shot that we have stopped seeing for years. Not so long ago, every time the Brazilian armed his leg, the net meshes were preparing to swallow the ball.
Today he will have the opportunity to start against the Verdiblanco team, and Xavi has realized that he is a recoverable player. Everything indicates that he will exhaust his contract at Barcelona, and the best option is to try to reengage the team. There is no team in the world that is willing to pay a salary figure similar to that earned in the culé team, and Philippe Coutinho does not have among his plans to leave to charge much less.
The key to his recovery is whether he takes advantage of the minutes he is having in the same way he did at Villarreal. Being the leader of the team causing a penalty, taking charge of scoring it and being about to make a second goal after an acrobatic shot. All this in just 10 minutes.
The absence of Frenkie de Jong in today’s game serves as the perfect opportunity to assert himself and take the reins of midfield from minute one.
Hopefully he will finally be able to go back to being who he once was, and the Barça fans can once again enjoy that devil who always meant a headache for the rival defense. The player who came to replace Andrés Iniesta.
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