Sergi Roberto, to the centre of the field leaving went to Coutinho!

In spite of that the alignment of Ernesto Valverde to play in front of the Sportive Alavés did not have important surprises, yes that there was a change of positions that called the attention: Philippe Coutinho remained in the bench and his place in the centre of the field occupied it Sergi Roberto, that advanced his position leaving to Nelson Semedo in the side.

The Brazilian midfield player already was acting in the party of Supercopa of Spain and, unlike what has happened with Ivan Rakitic or Samuel Umtiti -both also were acting in front of the Seville- the debut suspender belt has not given him back to the titularity, something that can be an indicativo that it still has not reached his best physical level.

It was as it was, Coutinho is an indispensable player for the team, as it showed in the last months of the past campaign, and does not remain place to doubts that has a fixed place, already was in the centre of the field or in the forward. In front of the Alavés was not headline, but his paper of face to that the FC Barcelona reach the titles sees paramount.

By his part, Sergi Roberto also will be a very important footballer, especially by his polivalencia. The Catalan is able to play well in almost any position, already was in the defence, in the centre of the field, in the right band or in the left. The performance of Nelson Semedo, headline in the side in front of the Alavés, will mark the position of the of Reus.

Sergi Roberto, pure polivalencia

Sergi Roberto carries all the life in the inferior categories of the FC Barcelona playing like midfield player, occupying the positions of interior or pivote by in front of the defence. Nevertheless, it does two seasons produced a chain of events that carried to the player of Reus to occupy the right side, something that went a turning point in his career. His performance was so good that won the place in the defence of the FC Barcelona.

However, his big improvement has not been a question of position, but of mentality. Since Sergi Roberto won the place of side, his performance grew in every aspect and in no case went down when in some parties went back to the centre of the field. From it does a pair of seasons, the Catalan footballer has played of side, of mediocentro defensive, of interior and until of extreme, always with big performance.