The FC Barcelona saw forced to trace back against a Ray Vallecano that put him against the ropes, advancing first in the marker in the second half. Fortunately, after the target of the tie of Leo Messi in the 69', arrived in the minute 80 the goal saviour of Frenkie of Jong to advance to the culés and seal definitively the pass to quarter-finals of the Glass of the King 2020-21.
A so much more for Frenkie of Jong, that is living an authentic idyll goleador in this month of January of 2021. Since Ronald Koeman changed the diagram and situated to Of Jong a bit more advanced, and with total freedom to arrive to the aledaños of the rival area, definitely the '21' culé has answered. No in vain Of Jong accumulates already a total of five goals this season (1 in Supercopa, 1 in Glass of Rey and 3 in LaLiga Santander).
His target arrived thanks to a big assistance of Jordi Alba -another more in what it goes of course-, the one who knew to find desmarcado to the Dutch so that it finished point-blank in front of the goal and put the definite 1-2 in the party, undoing the tables. Since Koeman established the 4-3-3 in replacement of the 4-2-3-1, Of Jong accumulates 4 goals in the last 7 parties.
The results are here, and show that with the new system Of Jong is exploding to the maximum his capacity realizadora, helping like this to Leo Messi, Dembélé, Griezmann and company to desatascar the attack when the gunpowder is wetted. To measure that goes annotating, Of Jong goes escalando positions until turning into one of the maxima goleadores of the team in what it goes of course.
Of Jong, indisputable headline in this Barça
If Of Jong already was indisputable headline before, now that is improving to the maximum his facet scorer is it even more, converting at last in this 'all-terrain' imponente that the FC Barcelona looked for when him fichó pertinent of the Ajax of Amsterdam, does already two years.
Visibly sonriente in the mixed zone in front of the media, after the Ray-Barça in Vallecas, Of Jong keeps the 'flechita' upwards, in green, and definitely takes the following parties with the challenge and motivation to follow cuajando good performances, see or no goal.