Why Koeman didn't summon to Konrad for the Supercopa of Spain?

Konrad de la Fuente has not been able to contest the semifinals of the Supercopa of Spain between the FC Barcelona and the Real Sociedad this Wednesday. The list of players summoned that travelled to Córdoba gave to know the Monday, and of the 21 called stood out three of the filial: Óscar Mingueza, Iñaki Crag and Ilaix Moriba, also highlighted the absence of the American.

The extreme of the Barcelona B has been summoned of constant way by Ronald Koeman from the month of November. It is a player that hoards the attention of the technician by his desborde and technical, in spite of that until the moment has not had prominence in LaLiga. However, it played a pair of commitments in Champions League (Ferencvaros and Dinamo of Kiev) and accumulated 17 minutes.

De la Fuente did not travel to Andalucia this Tuesday to contest the Supercopa, a decision that surprised considering that in his position, left extreme, there is not a spare of elder envergadura. Antoine Griezmann has adueñado of the place, and his substitute seems to be now Martin Braithwaite.

The reasons of the no announcement

As it informed Culemanía, the reasons that explain the absence in the announcement of the American youngster are simple, but diverse. The technician of the Barcelona subsidiary, García Pepper, is focused in that the footballer of 19 years does not have to lose the continuity neither the rhythm of game. In his opinion, it is imperative that play minutes to grow in competition, well was in First or Second Division B.

This Sunday returned with the filial in the been bulky victory (4-0) in front of the Badalona, where did not present his best version. From the last commitment with the Barça B, on 20 December 2020 against the Cornellà (0-1), that the young footballer did not see minutes. In the middle of these dates have contested five parties of the first team: Valladolid, Eibar, Huesca, Athletic and Granada, and Konrad did not participate in any of them.

The club holds responsible of this bajón in the performance to the fault of minutes. It is one of the constant in the first team of the Barça and when it is one of the called by Koeman, if the meeting coincides in the same day, can not play with the filial. In what it goes of season has contested seven commitments with his mates of the second team, more the two of the first, adds a total of 540 minutes. Insufficient figure for a so young player.

The club works in a balance

Considering that Konrad has completed few minutes in field between the two teams, from the club poses a balance to alternate the apparitions with the filial and the first team. This Wednesday was not in the Supercopa of Spain because the first team and the filial determined that it remain all the week with the B. This weekend will play against the Nàstic, leader of the classification with a point above the culés. This commitment will be key to define the future of the filial.

Another of the exits that pose to adopt is the system of rotation that has put in practice Iñaki Crag and Arnau Tenas. The two archers of the filial that go combined the titularity of the Barça B with the announcements of the first team. The main aim is to offer them continuity in official commitments so that they do not remain exclusively with the training. Àlex Hill could fulfil with the rotation of Konrad de la Fuente.

Have minutes in attack has turned into all a challenge this season. To the current trident title (Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembelé) has to them add Martin Braithwaite and Francisco Trincao. In addition to the lesiona

Two Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati. Excepting Glass of Rey or parties little demandantes, hardly these young prospectuses of the B have minutes although they are considered by the technician.