The injury of Alejandro Balde in the minute 23 of the party in front of the Athletic of Bilbao (4-2) forced to Xavi Hernández to throw hand, again, of Héctor Fort. Without Marcos Alonso (lesionado) and with Joao Cancel between cottons, the egarense had to bet by the juvenile. In spite of the complex challenge, the defender of 16 years answered with another good performance, although the FC Barcelona finish falling in the lengthen.
The player of 17 years commissioned to cover the left band, where Balde left a lot of spaces backwards by his role of carrilero/extreme. Desde his entry, the Catalan saw sure with the balloon in the feet, giving several passes hit in exit. In general lines, Fort fulfilled with the work to cancel to Adu Ares, to the one who Ernesto Valverde preferred to remove in the 60' to put to the one who finish being the figure of the party, Iñaki Williams.
The international ghanés installed like leading centre, doing a lot of damage in the area culé. In spite of this, the Barça held the tie until the lengthen, without happening too many sobresaltos in the complement. Before finalising the statutory time, Héctor was admonished by a fault on Dani Vivian, another of the figures of the Basque group.
Bitter première in Saint Mamés for Héctor Fort
In the extention, Fort accused the wear and finish the party with 'ramps' for lidiar with the cramps and giving until his last breath after a very hard duel. At the end, Iñaki and Nico Williams sentenced the triumph of the 'lions', amargando the debut of the canterano in Saint Mamés. It did not go his first party in the Glass of Rey, since the juvenile played the complete party in front of the Barbastro by the dieciseisavos of final. His another titularity in the season with the ones of Xavi was in Champions in front of Amberes, where played 60 minutes.