Although many expected that Philippe Coutinho added a new titularity this Thursday in the gone of semifinals of Glass of the King 2017-18 against Valencia, Ernesto Valverde took the decision to leave him in the bench to contribute fortress to the right band with the presence of Aleix Vidal, extreme right continuously bent by Sergi Roberto.
The manager of institutional relations of the FC Barcelona, Guillermo Love, was asked after the suplencia of Coutinho in the mixed zone of the Camp Nou, before it gave beginning the meeting, and left clear his posture: "If Coutinho does not play of start is because it has decided it Valverde, that sure has something in mind of face to the course of the party or of the eliminatory".
"Ernesto has to think that it is an eliminatory of 180 minutes and does an alignment in function of this idea, ojalá can sentence in the gone, but is complicated that suceda. We are happy with the staff that has remained after the market of winter. Coutinho And Mina will give us a lot", added the Barcelona director, recalcando the importance of both signings, but clearing that it is Valverde the one who decides the best for the team.
And it is thatC outinho and Yerry Mina still are not fully adapted, and is logical. They finish to land in the Camp Nou and will need something of time to take out to relucir his best qualities with the Barcelona T-shirt. When being the meeting in front of Valencia a party of big transcendence, is likely that thus Valverde decided to bet by a man much more 'joined up' to the team as it is Aleix Vidal.
Valverde Bet to the safe against Valencia
Busquets, Iniesta and Rakitic contributed stability besides in the zone of means, with the will like this to adjust to the maximum the pressure of the Barcelona after loss. The strategy of Valverde worked, since in the first-half the Barça lived practically all the time near of the area of Doménech. However, it was missing something of depth so that the goals arrived.