INSUFFICIENT MINUTES FOR COUTINHO
Like this it delivers the minutes the Barça: Coutinho, in the tenth place
Published:12/01/2019 - 18:03h
Updated:12/01/2019 - 18:39h
The most expensive signing of the history of the FC Barcelona, Philippe Coutinho, so only is the tenth player that more minutes accumulates in the present season 2018-19 with the group culé. It is playing 18% less than the past campaign
It can not say that this season 2018-19 was being good for Philippe Coutinho, that has gone clearly of more to less since it landed in the Barça, and is seeing how Ousmane Dembélé, in the last weeks, has achieved to snatch him the titularity in the front of attack like companion of Leo Messi and Luis Suárez.
Throwing a glimpse to the statistics, fits to signal that to day of today Philippe Coutinho is so only the tenth player that more minutes has in the FC Barcelona, something that contrasts with the fact that it was the most expensive signing of the history of the club, after the 120 million fixed euros -more around 40 'kilos' in variable- that paid by his arrival.
In his first campaign -of January to June of 2018-, Coutinho played with the Barça a total of 1.483 minutes of 2.340 possible, what is little more than 63%. It was normal that did not play it all, taking into account that it needed to adapt little by little to the Barcelona discipline and to LaLiga, without explaining besides that it could not play parties of Champions League.
This season, the one who would have to be the one of his confirmation, has played 1.559 minutes of 3.420 possible, what is little more than 45% of the minutes. Or what is the same: this course is playing 18% less than the past, what means that it is not winning the place neither in the centre of the field neither neither in the positions of attack.
Fortunately for him, still it remains him the second half of the season to remount and go back to have of leadership to the orders of Ernesto Valverde. His quality is out of all doubt, but will do fault that win confidence on the terrains of game to base of goals, assistances and good game during some consecutive parties.
Will have the sufficient mental fortress to do it? That is the question that the more sceptics do , although from the heights estamentos of the club follow defending that Philippe Coutinho will give a lot of joys to the club. The time will say it...
LIKE THIS THEY DELIVER THE MINUTES IN THE BARÇA:
- Ter Stegen: 2.160 minutes
- Gerard Hammered: 2.160 minutes
- Busquets: 2.115 minutes
- Jordi Alba: 2.090 minutes
- Rakitic: 2.015 minutes
- Luis Suárez: 1.899 minutes
- Leo Messi: 1.708 minutes
- Dembélé: 1.627 minutes
- Lenglet: 1.599 minutes
- Coutinho: 1.599 minutes
- Semedo: 1.451 minutes
- Sergi Roberto: 1.243 minutes
- Arthur: 1.069 minutes
- Arturo Vidal: 1.003 minutes
- Samuel Umtiti: 638 minutes
- Vermaelen: 392 minutes
- Munir: 392 minutes
- Aleñá: 374 minutes
- Malcom: 363 minutes
- Cillessen: 360 minutes
- Rafinha: 348 minutes
- Denis: 244 minutes
- Murillo: 90 minutes
