Ousmane Dembélé, 140 millions in the bench in front of the Rome

After the elimination of the FC Barcelona in the round of quarter-finals of the Champions League, to many surprises the fact that the one who in theory had to turn into the successor of Neymar Jr in the front of attack culé, Ousmane Dembélé, hardly have participated in the chambers to tenor of the decision of Valverde, that in both parties bet for including to Sergi Roberto and to Nélson Semedo in the alignment.

Like this, the French attacker did not contest neither an only minute of the FC Barcelona-Rome in the Camp Nou, and Valverde did not take advantage of neither the favourable situation of the Barça in the party of turn, in what respectaba to the marker, to range him and of this way 'kill' the eliminatory to the contragolpe, with the quantity of spaces that could give in favour of the Barça in the offensive plane.

Dembélé Could have sentenced to the Rome

The young talent that cost 140 million euros to the arks culés, and that arrived after the sale by 222 million Neymar Jr to the PSG, follows without being important in the alignments of Ernesto Valverde. True is that it needs this season to adapt and habituarse so much to the team as to his style of game, after having suffered two injuries of some importance... But the situation of Dembélé does not leave to surprise.

Especially because this Tuesday, when it went out to fault of little less than ten minutes for the end, generated danger with his speed, dribblings and with a verticality that to the FC Barcelona was missing him during all the party. It was about to to mark with a vaselina after a bad exit of Alisson, and offered something of desborde just when the Barça more needed it.

It did not obtain the prize of the goal, but is possible that the FC Barcelona had achieved to sentence the eliminatory in the case that Valverde had had the French in the eleven initial, taking advantage of the need of the Rome to go to the attack to trace back.

Badly approach of Ernesto Valverde

If something well has Ernesto Valverde, is that it knows to manage very well to tactical level the eliminatory to double party, with the second party of the crossing always depending on what there is sucedido in the first. In this occasion, however, the 'Txingurri' was too predictable and sinned of fault of depth and analysis, taking out the same eleven that played in the Camp Nou. And with the majority of his players 'headlines', besides, clearly melted to physical level. Stray opportunity for Dembélé. And, especially, for the Barcelona.