Iñigo Martínez during Barça-Shakhtar

IÑIGO IS RECOVERING HIS LEVEL

Iñigo Martínez once again gave the level in his second consecutive start with Barça

Published:25/10/2023 - 21:56h

Updated:25/10/2023 - 21:56h

Iñigo Martínez played his second consecutive game as a starter this season for FC Barcelona against Shakhtar Donetsk (2-1). The Basque completed a good performance and, although he knows that he will not be a starter in the Classic, he continues to add shooting

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To Xavi Hernández went out him well the rotations, so necessary like forced, in front of the Shakhtar Donetsk (2-1). The titularity of Iñigo Martínez was sung and, this time beside Ronald Araújo, completed another good party after his performance the Sunday against the Ahtletic of Bilbao, duel where could play a complete party for the first time from the month of April.

The Wednesday, Iñigo completed his good first part participating in the beginning of the action of the second so much culé. As in front of the Athletic, originated the action of the 2-0 in a played that finish Ferran and Fermín López, this last the 'MVP' of the party for the UEFA and all the fans that accompanied to the team in Montjuïc. In the second part, Martínez and Araújo had more work, but the Barça knew to contain the rushed forward Ukrainian to remain with the three points.

Iñigo had some setback in the complement after the reaction of the Shakhtar

After the rest, the Barcelona group under the intensity and the Shakhtar encouraged to attack with more property. In the 62', Heorhiy Sudakov discounted after taking advantage of a distraction of the saga that left to the totally exposed team. Ronald Araújo tried to cover the right band and Oriol Romeu followed suit to relieve to the 'charrúa', but there was not form to avoid the goal visitor that broke the imbatibilidad of Ter Stegen in Champions.

At the end, like the rest of the saga culé, Iñigo played without worries, maybe sinning of an excess of relaxation in several stretches of the complement and, when there was some serious threat of the Shakhtar, Xavi relieved him putting to Andreas Christensen to eight minutes of the end. In general lines, the Basque fulfilled and, in front of the drop of Jules Koundé, affirms like a reliable variant for a defence that has left a lot of doubts in the beginning of the 23/24.

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