André Gomes snatches to Rakitic the place in the XI of gala

Luis Enrique knew, before it gave beginning the gone of eighth of final of UEFA Champions League in the Park of The Princes, that so that the FC Barcelona touched on the lawn a perfect symphony would do lacking to have on the terrain of game to his best footballers, no only to the ones of potential talent but also alos more experienced and curtidos in one thousand European battles.

Thus it called the attention, shortly before that it gave beginning the meeting, that "Struggle" bet for ranging like right interior, forming centre of the field beside Busquets and Andrés Iniesta, to André Gomes instead of to Ivan Rakitic. True is that the Portuguese midfield player hides a big talent in the boots, but the reality is that it can not say that it was taking advantage of of the all the a lot of opportunities that gives him Luis Enrique.

The decision of Luis Enrique, on the other hand, confirms that this season 2016-17 -or at least in this phase of her- "Struggle" does not trust Rakitic like titling indisputable for the important parties, but the position of right interior is one of the most open and contested.

The FC Barcelona, with more verticality with André Gomes

To be a fixed in the onces of "Struggle", however, Ivan Rakitic has not happened to the ostracism. It treats now of a player of team more, able to be headline without problems but also to contribute freshness from the bench.

It is possible also that, when treating the PSG of the rival of the Barça, Luis Enrique wanted to endow to the centre of the field of greater speed to the contragolpe with the presence of André Gomes, a footballer of big stride and arrival to the contrary goal. And it is that Unai Emery is of which presionan up and play to the attack... And this is always a weapon of double edge when it plays against the FC Barcelona. Mark a goal out of house, besides, always is important in an eliminatory of Champions.