They were not few those who criticised to the FC Barcelona by fichar to Paulinho this past summer, a player of 29 years hardly without experience in Europe that came to play in the Superliga of China. However, the time has showed that the Barça effected a played master with the signing of the veteran and polyvalent Brazilian player, that this Sunday went back to be important for the interests culés.
And it is that, when the FC Barcelona more needed him when going losing 2-0 in the marker, Paulinho reduced distances to the edge of the rest, allowing so the FC Barcelona won confidence in the traced back of face to the second half of the commitment in Anoeta.
In a good played collective, a balloon was filtered in depth to Luis Suárez so that the Uruguayan forward, that confined in the area of Gerónimo Rulli, assisted to Paulinho with a pass of the death that the Brazilian midfield player no desaprovechó.
Paulinho Gave hope to the Barça
Of this way, the Brazilian midfield player achieved to annotate his eighth goal of the season, all marked in LaLiga Santander 2017-18. The Brazilian has consecrated like the third maximum goleador of the FC Barcelona this campaign, only surpassed by Luis Suárez (12 goals) and Lionel Messi (22 goals) in the global of the present course.
After all, it is possible that the signing of Paulinho have gone out cheaper of what a lot of thought. Taking into account the quantities that pay lately by players of half level, can say that the Barça hit of plenary with the Brazilian.