REGULAR MATCH FOR ORIOL AS A MIDDLECENTER
Oriol Romeu failed again and his place in the XI is increasingly discussed
The rest, during the national team break, has not been enough for Oriol Romeu to recover his best version. Against Athletic he was once again marked with a very 'grey' match and with several errors
The FC Barcelona did not have his more brilliant party in front of the Athletic, but cost to remain with the three points and keep the pulse in the classification of LaLiga. The goal of Marc Guiu has been sufficient to solve a night complicated in which the lions, to base of pressure, speed and precision complicated more than the account to the ones of Xavi Hernández. They were varied the 'signalled' that, in front of the requirement, could not show a version convincente.
In the centre of the field was where more suffered the Barça, without place to doubts. The high pressure and constant of the bilbaínos prevented that the midfield players were comfortable and saw them a go through behind to physical level. Ílkay Gündogan And Gavi came of a demanding stop of selections in which they contested it practically everything, but equally were the attendants to give the face and diminish the negative effects in the medullary. Oriol Romeu, once again, has finished with a performance with more shadows that lights.
The one of Ulldecona split in the room of machines and had the mission to claim after parties quite toneless before the date FIFA. However, it went back to be the most toneless piece in the Barcelona approach and noticed him quite uncomfortable in front of the pressure of the visitors. It lost an important quantity of balloons (8) and saw , in a lot of stretches, surpassed by the pressure of the ones of Ernesto Valverde.
New grey performance of Oriol Romeu
Already in several parties has noticed how suffer when the rivals advance lines and have fast transitions. It is being his heel of aquiles and the main reason by which his presence in the eleven headline of Xavi is increasingly discussed. Since it does not have to Frenkie of Jong like escudero, has seen with a lot of more difficulties for fungir like director of orchestras. It is being all the contrary, at least in these last parties.
Against the Athletic was substituted to the hour of party to give entry to Lamine Yamal. As it has happened in previous occasions, Gündogan happened to play again like pivote, but along the clash already had seen forced to multiply to cover the spaces that left the one of Ulldecona, the one who -besides- saw a yellow cardboard by a hard entrance and closed the crash with alone two duels won (of five), 34 passes completed, of 40, with 85% of tarpaulin, To Romeu touches him espabilar before it already was very late.