THE '7' THE BARÇA, IN LOW HOURS
Next Sunday it can give the worst news for Coutinho
Published:8/02/2019 - 00:56h
Updated:8/02/2019 - 00:58h
Philippe Coutinho has not had his best parties in the last weeks and his state of form concerns, and a lot, to the technical body. The most expensive player of the history of the FC Barcelona does not start and next Sunday can carry a hard hit
Philippe Coutinho lives probably the most difficult situation since it arrived to the FC Barcelona at the beginning of the past year. The Brazilian star has seen, along the season, as Ousmane Dembélé exploded offering goals and a big level and leaving him to him without place in the eleven. After the injury of the French, the carioca has gone back to the titularity, but has not recovered his best level.
Now, the ex of the Liverpool finds in a dangerous crossing that will resolve next Sunday, day of party against the Athletic Club for which Dembélé will go back to be available. The French will have received the high and will not have rhythm of competition, but daily 'Ace' ensures that Ernesto Valverde could prefer to the French gone out of an injury that to Coutinho without physical problems.
If Dembélé goes through on of the '7' culé in spite of carrying three weeks inactivo, the moral hit can be very hard for the Brazilian. His situation was unthinkable does some months, when his place in the eleven was totally fixed. Now, if the Frenchman is in full form, is clearly above the carioca, but also could win him the game without being to the one hundred by one hundred.
Another of the players that seems also have him won the game is his compatriot Malcom. After shining in the Classical in front of the Real Madrid -in which Coutinho went back to have an almost invalid contribution- Ernesto Valverde decided to withdraw to the ex of the Liverpool in place of the ex of the Bordeaux, something that went another hard moral hit.
Coutinho, with alternatives out of the forward
If Ousmane Dembélé follows playing to a so high level, the only possibility that poses so that Philippe Coutinho recover the place is to change him of position and go back to bet by him in the centre of the field, in the role of left interior, where played at the beginning of season and where had a better performance.
On the other hand, neither it will have it easy to do a gap in the medullary, since footballers like Arthur Melo or Arturo Vidal come stepping very strong. The big advantage of Coutinho is his polivalencia, being able to occupy so much the position of interior like the one of extreme, although if it does not go back to the level of does some months goes it to have complicated. The barcelonismo expects him, but now touches him to him step forward.
