In the previous of the party of the FC Barcelona against The Palms was very commented the possibility that Joao Félix remained in the bench, like consequence of his performance against the Almería in the first-half. In this occasion, after being unimportant in the performance of the team, Xavi Hernández replaced him in the mediotiempo to give entrance to Ferran Torres. It was one of the big 'signalled' before the holidays of Navidad.
In this moment, the possibility that it remained in the bench seemed a called of attention and, finally, has finished occurring. In the visit to Big Canarian, the Portuguese attacker was acting and the one of Foios occupied his place in the XI with a lot of merecimiento. It finished commissioning to open the marker, before the hour of party, taking advantage of of a pass filtered of Sergi Roberto. The bet of Xavi and his staff technical was hit.
Joao Félix goes back to remain in the bench
Joao Félix did not go in in action until 18 minutes for the end, with the 1-1 in the marker and to position in the left band and displace to Ferran Torres to the position of 'false 9' before the entrance of Vitor Roque. Saltó To the field for dinamizar the attack and try offer something different, but without a lot of opportunities.
This yes, of a finish his was as 'began' the played with which González Strong signalled penalti in favour of the Barça in the discount, by a push to Ílkay Gündogan inside the small area. The Teutonic was the attendant to earn the maximum penalty and celebrate the traced back of the Catalans 'in extremis', but for Joao Félix has been a new warning that it has to step forward to be important in the team. For the moment, it is not having the impact that expected .
Joao Félix begins from zero
The true is that it has been the first suplencia of the player of 24 years in more than a month. It had remained out of the eleven in the visit of the Catalans to the Ray Vallecano, on 25 November, and went in to contest the last 25 minutes of the meeting. Since, it had been headline of consecutive way against Athletic of Madrid, Girona, Valencia and Almería. It saw goal against the picture 'colchonero' and in front of the 'ché'. In one meant the so much of the victory and, in the another, of the tie.