The possibilities of Coutinho to go back to the titularity

In the last parties, Ousmane Dembélé has exploded with an impressive performance that has done him hang the poster to title indisputable in a forward in which Leo Messi and Luis Suárez have a fixed place. The peak of the French has done that Philippe Coutinho, usual in the alignments till lately, have lost his place.

The situation of the Brazilian was unthinkable does some months, when his place in the eleven was totally fixed. Now, Coutinho, that was used to to occupy the left extreme, has seen like Dembélé has snatched him said position thanks to his spectacular performance. The options of the ex of the Liverpool have reduced considerably.

If Ousmane Dembélé follows playing to a so high level, the only possibility that poses so that Coutinho recover the place is to change him of position and go back to bet by him in the centre of the field, where played at the beginning of season and where had a better performance.

Nevertheless, 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 his level of does some weeks goes it to have complicated.

Coutinho, allocated to play of interior?

At the beginning of the present campaign, Philippe Coutinho happened to play of left interior beside Ivan Rakitic and to Sergio Busquets in a centre of the field of three and his performance was being very good. It is true that was missing him adjust defensive nuances, but was question of time that finish it assimilating.

The most usual position of Coutinho always had been the one of mediapunta, in which it could explode his creativity and his offensive capacity. From the position of extreme, costs him much more take out to relucir all his arms. Nevertheless, like interior, would be a player that would participate much more of the creation. Robert Fernández it fichó like relief of Iniesta and, if Dembélé follows stepping so strong, the Brazilian will see forced to emulate to the manchego.