Nico González is 'deflated' in Porto in the preview of Barça's visit

Published:30/09/2023 - 23:29h

Updated:30/09/2023 - 23:30h

Barça will face Porto on matchday 2 of the UEFA Champions League, which could mean Nico González's reunion with his former team. However, it is not guaranteed that the Galician will see minutes in the game, as he appears to have lost his place in Sergio Conceiçao's starting eleven

The FC Barcelona will go back to find with one of the players that traspasó in the past market estival. The combined of the City Condal will confront to the Port wine of Nico González in the Stadium Do Dragao the Wednesday 4 October in a valid party by the second day of the UEFA Champions League, where will contest the provisional leadership of the group H.

The mediocentro Galician, the one who was traspasado by the Barça to the 'Dragons' in the past window of transfers veraniega, did not attain to establish in the Barcelona cast. After contesting 37 parties, annotating two goals and offering two assistances, left to the Portuguese club by a sum of 8,5 million euros. The Catalans reserved an option of repurchase and 40% of a future sale.

How it has gone him to Nico González in the Port wine?

Although the ex of Valencia CF was a request expresses of the trainer Sergio Conceiçao in the Port wine, his presence in the diagram of the team has diminished from the beginning of the campaign. It has played few minutes in parties against the Moreirense (20'), Farense (68'), Laugh Bird (78') and Arouca (85'), but in the local championship has not seen again action, to the point that it was not summoned to the duel in front of the CF Estrela and did not go out of the bench in the crosses in front of Gil Vicente and the SL Benfica.

In different competitions to the League US, also has had little participation. It was acting during all the party in the Supertaça Cândido of Oliveira against the SL Benfica and in the Champions League against the Shakhtar Donetsk, where the Port wine won 1-3 and Nico González only played 17 minutes.

It will be Nico González of the game in front of the Barça?

From Portugal sustains that the technical Sergio Conceiçao has reduced the opportunities of game of Nico González, since it prefers to Eustaquio and Alan Varela to occupy the positions in his usual double pivote. Although the Portuguese media no descartan that it can be headline against the FC Barcelona, consider that it is little likely.