JOAO'S EXIT WAS KEY FOR BARÇA
Luxury substitute! Joao Félix rubbed his lamp to 'give' Raphinha the goal
Joao Félix was one of the protagonists of FC Barcelona's victory against Las Palmas. He was in charge of placing a fantasy center for Raphinha to score the only goal of the night
The FC Barcelona has not signed his more comfortable party neither brilliant of the season. It has cost him, more than the account, impose to The Palms although they played with ten players from the half hour of the clash. To the culés was missing them fluidity and have clear ideas when they surpassed the half of field, but the talent of Joao Félix and the perseverance of Raphinha signalled the way to the victory.
The Portuguese had split from the bench and ingresó to the fifteen minutes of the resumption to agitate the attack of the Barça. It showed quite insistent and with spirits of 'push' to the team to the rival goal. They sufficed him three minutes in the field to hunt the balloon, drive some metres and take out a perfect pass, hammered, that could connect Raphinha with an unappealable head butt for Aarón, that remained looking the balloon in his path to the goal.
Shortly after, in the 77, Joao Félix had the opportunity to see goal with a very clear occasion. It received a pass of the death in the second stick and had everything to nail the balloon in the deepest of the network, because it split free of mark, but his shot crashed against the crossbar. Had bad luck to the hour to define the one who could be the goal of the tanquilidad for a Barça that finish suffering in front of the Canarians home.
Step forward of Joao Félix?
For Xavi Hernández is one very good news that Joao, splitting from the bench, was able to influence positively in the denouement of the parties. It is not a secret for anybody that splits by behind Lamine Yamal and Raphina in the list of alternatives to accompany to Robert Lewandowski in the forward, but against The Palms has showed that it can be an acting and revulsivo of 'luxury', key in this final stretch of the season.
The international with Portugal knows that his future is in 'game' and that it is essential that can take a step forward, after a season that, up to now, has been marked by the irregularity. The Barça keeps the intention to remain it, in a new cession, but the Athletic of Madrid is the one who has the last word and will bet by a definite sale that allow them recover a part of the investment of 127 million euros that did in 2019 by his signing.
