After a very sacrificed season, Sergi Roberto can breathe calm. His performances in the right side of the Barça will be remembered, but his place goes back to be the average because already there is defence of guarantee. Ernesto Valverde has done a bet and Nélson Semedo is answering to his confidence.
To the carrilero Portuguese could him the pressure in the first days and yielded in front of the impetus of Aleix Vidal, but in the last weeks and with more trainings in the legs, the Catalan has finish in the terracing and the lisboeta has won the admiration of the Camp Nou. There was not more alternative in his place for the duel in front of the Espanyol, but the luso showed that it is prepared to fulfil.
The derbi served to see another step forward of Semedo, something looser in attack and, especially, with good tuning with his mates. His combinations were usual during all the meeting, and although it was missing him something of atrevimiento offensive, fulfilled with correción in the defence, where begins him to see more comodo and adjusted.
The insistence of Valverde has had his prize, although it still is missing a lot to see the best version of a very young side but with a lot of route, so much in the lawn as in his career. Still it is for checking his cost in a party of high flights, and the arrival of the Juventus presents like a good opportunity to show his efficiency under pressure.
Fellow of all
For the moment, what is clear is that Semedo has gone in with good foot in the changing room of the Barça, in which his cheerful and calm character has calado deep. Andrés Iniesta photographed beside him after the party of LaLiga, and the fans stood out loved his big performances in the last days. To the Portuguese does not like him complicate, and seems to have found a way to the success.
This publication resume the performance of Nélson Semedo in the derbi Catalan.