XAVI EXPLAINS HIS SURPRISING ABSENCE
The reason why Vitor Roque did not play in the Athletic-Barça Cup match
Vitor Roque has been the only signing of FC Barcelona in this market and his arrival greatly excited the fans, who hoped to see him more on the pitch. Xavi has explained his absence in Barça's elimination in the Cup, where he did not play a minute
The FC Barcelona used the margin salarial that left the injury of Gavi to advance the expected arrival of Vitor Roque. It commented that in the club trusted a lot in the contribution of the Brazilian in the second half of season, by what took for granted that it went to have minutes almost of immediate form. However, the forward is not playing all what expected and until the alone moment has been on the field 'whiles' in some second parts.
His debut produced in The Palms, playing 12 minutes and having a very clear occasion to mark that it did not take advantage of. Afterwards, Xavi Hernández took him out 26' in front of the Barbastro in Glass of Rey, where also had some opportunity that erró. Later it arrived the Supercopa of Spain, where did not play at all, according to his trainer by physical annoyances, although it saw so much the 'semis' as the final from the bench.
After losing the Barcelona defeat in his first title at stake, Roque had again minutes in Glass, against the Unionistas of Salamanca, in front of which so much only contested 8'. Days afterwards, in front of the Betis in League, has been where the Brazilian has had more time of game with more than half hour including the discount. Then they arrived the fourth coperos in Saint Mamés, where took for granted that it went to have an opportunity in the second part if the things did not go well, but did not go like this.
The reason by which did not play Vitor Roque in Bilbao
When Xavi removed to Robert Lewandowski in the minute 77, to the one who took out was to Joao Félix. Afterwards, already in the extention, the attendant to go in by a Lamine Yamal already tired was Marc Guiu, remaining of this form Vitor without playing. A lot of culés did not understand this decision of Xavi, but the trainer barcelonista has wanted to explain, leaving clear that follows trusting a lot in him in spite of everything.
"Vitor Roque Is an important signing. It will be important. The other day it does not participate by a tactical subject, but went out in the Villamarín. It is a footballer that likes me especially and will help us a lot", ensured in press conference the míster. It remains clear then that the one of Terrassa considered more useful to Guiu for the context of meeting that there was in Saint Mamés, with few spaces in attack. The ex of the Paranaense has to improve precisely in spaces reduced, since it is to open field when more it stands out, by what the egarense believed convenient to take out better to Marc.
