JOAO FÉLIX RUN OUT OF MINUTES AGAIN
Still no Euro debut! Joao Felix goes unnoticed in Portugal
Roberto Martínez is not counting on Joao Félix for the moment at the Euros. Against Turkey, in a match that was decided before the hour mark, the 24-year-old winger was once again left without minutes.
Joao Félix is forced to row to contracorriente to win a place in Portugal. It has not seen minutes in the first two parties of the phase of groups of the Eurocopa and confirms that Roberto Martínez has a long list of options before that he to reinforce his line of attack, although in the friendly previous to the tournament had left positive feelings. The still yielded player in the FC Barcelona has not started.
Against Turkey seemed the ideal opportunity so that Joao premièred in the competition. The lusos encarrilaron the very early triumph with the goals of Bernardo Silva and Akaydin (in own door) before the rest. Portugal was very upper and did not run danger in any moment, especially after the sentence of Bruno Fernandes ten minutes after the beginning of the second part. Martínez had the opportunity for rotar and begin to dosificar to his players, but the ex of the Benfica did not go in in his plans.
Martínez 'forgot' of Joao Félix
The seleccionador exhausted all his changes and went in Rúben Neves (46'), Pedro Net (46'), Nélson Semedo (68'), António Silva (83') and Joao Neves (88'). Without ratros of a Joao Félix that it already knows that it will have to do a lot of merits for 'rascar' minutes, because Rafael Leao, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo are indisputable and will play big part of the minutes in this Eurocopa.
Except the player of the Milan, that put the pass with which Bernardo opened the marker but was very turn# off, saw yellow and went out 'signalled' to the rest, the players commissioned to move the 'threads' of the attack of Portugal were very incisive, participatory and left very good feelings. So much Fernandes like Silva saw goal, whereas Christian signed an assistance in the second part. It will be very difficult that Joao (or Gonçalo Bouquets, for example) remove them minutes in the most important parties.
Opportunity of gold against Georgia
What yes remains clear is that the footballers that less have had prominence in these two first presentations could have his opportunity of gold in the last date of the phase of groups, against Georgia, this Wednesday 26 to the 21:00 hours (9:00 PM CEST), because, when being already classified to eighth, the most logical is that Martínez rote in the XI to give rest to those who have played it everything. In this context, yes would go in Joao Félix probably.
