They have happened almost three months from the last time that Samuel Umtiti could go in in the plans of Ernesto Valverde. The knee of the central French is giving a lot of headaches to the FC Barcelona and to the own player, that did not have the opportunity to go in in an announcement from 24 November of the past year.
In that occasion, the '23' of the FC Barcelona was to title in front of the Athletic of Madrid curiously also after reappearing of his injury, the same of which recayó after the party contested in Wanda Metropolitan. Umtiti Did not want to operate and opted pro a conservative treatment that allowed him go back to play in the present season.
They were not few the times, during the last weeks, that Umtiti ensured that had this Tuesday 19 February marked in his calendar. A very special day for him since his current team, the FC Barcelona, had to confront to the group that saw him grow until turning into one of the best defences of Europe, the Olympique of Lyon.
Finally, the central Frenchman achieved to fulfil his aim and go in in the announcement for the party. Besides, Ernesto Valverde no only carried it to him to the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, but it included him in his plans seating him in the bench, descartando to other footballers like Kevin-Prince Boateng that were more filmed physically.
Now, the aim in the short term of Umtiti is to recover the titularity in the team, that in these moments is property of Clément Lenglet. It will not put him the easy things the ex of the Seville to his compatriot, since it is fulfilling to a big level at the side of Gerard Hammered. Nevertheless, Umtiti is a lot of Umtiti if it achieves to surpass his problems and be to the one hundred by one hundred physically.
Kevin-Prince Boateng, the another expensive of the coin
If Samuel Umtiti was the face of the coin, the cross carried it to him Boateng. The recent signing of the FC Barcelona -arrived yielded by the Sassuolo in January- remained in the terracing in the crucial duel of Champions League in front of the Olympique of Lyon in spite of having been headline in front of the Real Valladolid. Seemingly, Valverde does not have he in key parties...