The FC Barcelona needs that Philippe Coutinho take out to relucir his best level. His poor performance in the last weeks concerns and a lot so much to the technical body as to the directive, that did a record investment turning him into the most expensive signing of the history of the club. The reason of his bajón can no only be a question anímica -knows that it is acting, by behind Ousmane Dembélé- but also tactical.
It was casualidad or no, the bajón of game of Coutinho has coincided with the fact that it change him the position and situate him like left extreme in the 4-3-3 usual of Ernesto Valverde in the present season. In a lot of occasions, sees him lost by the band, errático in the taking of decisions and imprecise with the ball.
During the months of the past season, Coutinho also situated in the band, although in a position that awarded him more freedom to go in in contact with the balloon and begin to build the game of face. Now, when playing so advanced, can not put on of the table his capacity to create football in the medullary.
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 also was being very good. It is true that was missing him adjust defensive nuances and that the team lost consistency, but was question of time that the Brazilian assimilated his new role..
Coutinho fichó Like interior
The most usual position of Philippe 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.
In fact, Robert Fernández recognised at the beginning of the present season that it fichó like relief of Andrés Iniesta. The idea that Coutinho play in the centre of the field resides in that the Brazilian has a big vision of game, precision in the pass, driving and arrival to goal, by what would contribute to reinforce the circulation in the medullary.