With the difficulty to play out of his natural position, but with the advantage to confront to a rival of lower category. Like this it started André Gomes the première copero of the FC Barcelona, but the result went back to be the same of always. The Portuguese does not appear by the terrain of game, and his fault of character prejudices in excess to his performance.
Because although Ernesto Valverde follows insisting, the luso does not fit in this team. It was not a party of a lot of alardes the one of the Barcelona in the New Condomina, but his viewers hardly had to enterarse that the pivote barcelonista occupied it the ex of Valencia.
Inoperable, irrelevant and insulso are some adjectives that can apply to his performance in the Glass of Rey. As well as his mates looked for a tarpaulin that cost to find through the insistence, Gomes unobserved step during big part of the clash, even causing during some minutes of the second half that the party opened by the absence of a centre of the very positioned field.
Strategy?
From his arrival to the Camp Nou, Ernesto Valverde has insisted with André Gomes in spite of having remained signalled in numerous meetings. Already it was one of the most criticised in the Supercopa, and keeps on being it practically every time that has minutes like titling.
The technician, however, defended does some days that is "a player that can help us a lot of, has a pile of qualities that want that it express in the field". It has aimed that his participation is part of a strategy of the Barça to plant him in the market, but the options, for the time being, seem too complicated.