ZUBIMENDI GAVE A 'MASTER CLASS' BEFORE THE ENGLISH
The old goal of FC Barcelona that gave a 'blow' on the 'table' with Spain
Published:15/07/2024 - 19:17h
Updated:16/07/2024 - 11:50h
For FC Barcelona, the name of Martín Zubimendi is not foreign at all. In fact, the culé club wanted to sign him to reinforce the pivot area due to his excellent skills, which he recently demonstrated in the crucial duel between the Spain team and England in the Euro Cup
If there was a player that was in the diary of the FC Barcelona during long to reinforce the zone of mediocentros, that was Martín Zubimendi. The pivote of 25 years, at present in the Real Sociedad, was highly valued by Xavi Hernández like the successor of Sergio Busquets in the club culé. Nevertheless, his incorporation cooled mainly because of economic reasons, since the combined 'Txuri-urdin' demanded the payment of his clause of rescission of roughly 60 million euros, and also by sportive reasons, due to the fact that the midfield player expressed in more than an occasion his wish to follow dressing the elastic of the picture 'blanquiazul'.
In this sense, the past Sunday, the donostiarra starred an authentic 'master class' in the final of the Eurocopa between Spain and England (2-1). Because of an unlucky injury of Rodri Hernández, Zubimendi had to ingresar to the field of game and did it with a remarkable personality, occupying of stellar way a key demarcation in the diagram of game of 'The Red'.
The 'master class' of Martín Zubimendi against the selection of England
Although Martín only had contested three duels and accumulated 95 minutes of game in this Eurocopa, jumped to the lawn of the Olympic Stadium of Berlin to play the last 45 minutes of an intense clash against the 'Three Lions', relieving at all more and at all less than to the player that finished the European contest like the Most Valuable Player ('MVP'). In spite of the responsibility that this supposed, did not weigh at all on the '18', the one who situated in the base of the midfield, leaving to Fabián Ruiz and Dani Elm like midfield players more advanced, and fulfilled of way stood out his function to connect the defensive line with the offensive front.
No only this, the Basque offered constantly like one of free pass extremely necessary to relieve the pressure imposed by the combined English. To his time, further to be one of the players commissioned to move the 'threads' in the medullary zone, saw him collaborate notably in defensive tasks. Even, in spite of having played only half meeting, attained to position like the fourth footballer with more effective entrances (3) in the duel, showing an interesting tactical deployment and a performance truly memorable.
In some way, this partidazo of Martín Zubimendi in front of England, finished 'backing' the opinion of Xavi Hernández, the one who was present in the terracings of the Olympic Stadium of Berlin to support to 'The Red' and that already wished to have to the donostiarra under his tutela like the 'leader' in the centre of the field of the combined Barcelona. Lamentably, for the egarense, this longing never fulfilled .
