IN EIGHTH, IN FRONT OF THE LYON
Coutinho, in front of his party 50 in European competitions
Published:19/02/2019 - 00:37h
Updated:19/02/2019 - 01:52h
Philippe Coutinho does not arrive to the duel of Champions in front of the Lyon in the best moment of form of the last seasons, but the true is that the Brazilian keeps on being important for the FC Barcelona. This Tuesday will fulfil 50 parties of European competition
The next party of Philippe Coutinho in front of the Olympique of Lyon will be -in case that it play- his duel number 50 in competitions of clubs of the UEFA. The crack Brazilian has gone through the Inter of Milan (with which played 19 parties) with the Liverpool (played 24 more) and now, in the rows of the FC Barcelona, carries other six.
Thus, the carioca can fulfil half hundred of parties of European competitions if finally Ernesto Valverde bets by him in front of the Olympique of Lyon. His presence in the eleven initial is complicated -that no impossible- since the place of Ousmane Dembélé seems undoubted, by what Coutinho would have to delay his position to play.
Nevertheless, it is almost sure that the Txingurri will give him minutes, although it can be from the bench. The ex of the Liverpool is not to his best level and can pay it with the suplencia, although the technician extremeño has him full confidence and, in fact, already missed him the past season, when it could not him range in front of the Rome and the team lost the control.
It is necessary to remember that Philippe Coutinho arrived to the FC Barcelona in the market of signings winter of 2018 and, by fault of the previous normative of the UEFA, could not debut in Champions League of Barcelona until the present season. Now, the rule has changed and yes could do it, by what, to having gone in in force before, the Brazilian had fulfilled the 50 European parties in the phase of groups.
The Barcelona trusts Coutinho
Recently, Josep Live, spokesman of the FC Barcelona, spoke on the current performance of Philippe Coutinho, the most expensive signing of the history of the entity, that began the past season being a key footballer and that, in the present, has had a bajón very worrisome. Nevertheless, the club supports to the footballer in these moments complicated.
"We are very happy with his human profile, professional. We do not put in doubt his implication, his talent and are convinced that it will contribute us more things of which already has contributed us", commented Live. It is necessary to remember that numerous rumours situate to Coutinho out of the team next summer, although in the FC Barcelona do not want to neither hear to speak on this. They want that it follow fulfilling more European parties with the Barça after the 50.
