Riqui Puig aims for his first titularity of the season with the Barça

The trainer of the FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, bet the Tuesday 14 December by an eleven with a lot of novelties to face the Maradona Cup in front of Mouth Júniors, in Riad. The party supposed the debut of the midfield player of the filial Álvaro Sanz with the first team and the reissue of the Brazilian side Dani Alves with the T-shirt blaugrana. But, besides, it meant the first titularity of Riqui Puig, one of the players more marginados in the Barcelona picture from the stage of the Dutch Ronald Koeman.

Now, the one of Matadepera can be headline in Mallorca, corresponding commitment to the day 19 of LaLiga Santander, because of the drops of Sergio Busquets and Gavi. This last would suppose the first titularity in an official party of the present season 2021 /22. With Pedri in the straight final of a long injury and Coutinho without enjoying of the confidence of the technician and in the ramp of exit, everything aims that the centre of the field of the picture culé will be formed by Frenkie of Jong, Nico and the own Riqui Puig.

Before the Maradona Cup, Puig was the only footballer of field of the first team that had not been headline with the new technician egarense, since Umtiti and Luuk of Jong went out of the 'smart black' when splitting of start in front of Osasuna, in The Sadar, in the tie (2-2) that has sunk more in the table of classification of LaLiga Santander to the Catalans, those who situate in the seventh position with 28 points and to 18 units of the leader, that is the Real Madrid Cf.

Few minutes

Puig, in official parties, has participated in three of the six parties that has directed Xavi (Espanyol, Betis and Bayern Munich) adding a total of 83 minutes in these meetings. A figure that situates him, like the second less used footballer by the trainer (until 14 December), surpassing only to Demir (72') and, obviously, to Ilias (45'). By in front already they situate names like Umtiti (90'), Luuk of Jong (98'), Coutinho (115') or Dest (139').

His little participation is worrisome. For example, with Koeman played in 28 of the 67 parties that directed the ex technician seleccionador of the Low Countries. With Ernesto Valverde so alone contested three meetings and with Quique Setién 12 parties of the 25 that directed, in which they stand out five titularities.