Coutinho Also 'lost' the Champions against the Real Madrid

The players of the Liverpool were not the only that, this Saturday, remained without adding a title of Champions League to his list of winners. Also the midfield player fichado this winter by the FC Barcelona, Philippe Coutinho, the one who played five parties of phase of groups with the 'reds' this campaign and had in them a paper more than stood out.

After having conquered the titles of League Santander and Glass of the King this season with the FC Barcelona, Philippe Coutinho had the opportunity to conquer officially the UEFA Champions League 2017-18. The FC Barcelona is the club to the that has to from the past month of January, and lamentably fell deleted in the round of quarter-finals in front of the Rome.

However, the Brazilian was inscribed this season 2017-18 with the Liverpool, club that lost the final of this Saturday in Kiev, and in which it played a total of 347 minutes during the phase of groups, being able to transform a total of five goals.

They are numbers stood out that they situate him like an important piece in the successes of the Liverpool in the phase of groups of the Champions League, by what, when being inscribed by the UEFA like player 'network', Coutinho would have won officially the Champions this course as long as the ones of Jürgen Klopp had proclaimed champions in the final.

To Coutinho, sure, would not have done him too much illusion the fact in the case to produce . The Brazilian wanted to conquer this campaign the Champions League with the FC Barcelona, his new team, although this course has not been able to contest neither a minute with the Barcelona T-shirt in the maximum continental competition. This yes, sure that it would have gladdened if the Liverpool had won the tournament, and no descarta even that it had received some type of 'bonus' economic that the Liverpool had pactado from the start of the campaign.

As he same ensured in multiple just occasions after sacking of the 'reds', a part of his heart always will belong to the Liverpool, club in which it achieved to plough a name in the international panorama and turn into one of the best midfield players of the world.

Now it has touched him test the bitter face of the football in the FC Barcelona, but of face to the next campaign, anybody doubts that the Brazilian will contribute a spectacular performance in the group culé. Technician, fast and decisive, is done to triumph in the Barça.

The 5 parties of Coutinho in the Champions 2017-18

• Liverpool - Seville: 2-2 (min. 14'; goals 0)
• Spartak Moscow - Liverpool: 1-1 (min. 90'; goals 1)
• Maribor - Liverpool: 0-7 (min. 90'; goals 1)
• Seville - Liverpool: 3-3 (min. 63'; goals 0)
• Liverpool - Spartak Moscow: 7-0 (min. 90'; goals 3).