After the tie of the FC Barcelona in front of the Granada (1-1), in a party that contested this Saturday 8 January and that it was corresponding to the Day 20 of LaLiga Santander, the trainer of the picture culé, Xavi Hernández, explained his reasons so that again Riqui Puig went back to the paper that has done in the last seasons: the one of viewer from the bench. It was a clear message for the footballer, the one who in spite of his efforts has not won the confidence of his last technicians, remembered that the Dutch Ronald Koeman also happened many times of him.
In the minute 82, after the red to Gavi in the 80', the egarense sorpresivamente chose to Álvaro Sanz, of the filial, in place of Puig, of the first team, for suplir to the French extreme Ousmane Dembélé. A direct message to the of Matadepera, that afterwards corroborated the own Xavi in the press conference that conceded back to the meeting, in which it assumed fully the danger that involved his decision.
"It is a risk that take. It is the first time that do it. It is an evidence. We had to control the party. Álvaro is a player that gives us a lot of possession of balloon, does not lose easy balloons, gives fluidity to the game and needed it. We have taken this risk. They remained 10-12 parties and wanted to have the balloon. What required the party was to have it, play in contrary field, with patience, but has not been able to be by ours errors", argued the trainer.
It is still in the wire
The one of Matadepera was to title for the first time in the present season in Mallorca (0-1), corresponding commitment to the day 19 of LaLiga Santander that played the past weekend, because of the drops of Sergio Busquets and Gavi. Again, it jumped to the field of start in front of the Linares (1-2) by the Glass of the King the Wednesday of this week, but Xavi substituted him to the rest after it moved away of Carnicer in the mark before this served the centre of the local goal.
In his second titularity was substituted by Frenkie of Jong, in an attempt of Xavi for tracing back to the party —which later finish for concretising — and give him another dynamics to his team. Puig only adds 293 minutes in LaLiga, in 10 parties played, and is the 19º player of the ranking, already surpassed by the recently debuted forward in the first staff Ferran Jutglà (296').