Valverde Decided to change to Arthur and Coutinho when better were playing

Ernesto Valverde decided to go out to play to Old Trafford with the 4-3-3 of always to try mark the maximum possible goals. The FC Barcelona dominated the game and the ball along practically the 90 minutes, but did not have so many occasions of goal as it had liked him. The United defended quite well and had very few defensive errors.

In the second part, the ones of Solskjaer took a step forward in attack during some 10 or 15 minutes and the Barcelona had to remove the pressure of on as it could. But in what Busquets and Arthur reactivated , the balloon went back to be blaugrana and the ones of Valverde went back to dominate. Coutinho, that had to take advantage of his opportunity, did a good meeting and in the second half had very good minutes by left band.

Precisely therefore it surprised enough that in the minute 65 the 'Txingurri' decided to substitute so much to the ex of the Liverpool as to Arthur. Both were in a good moment of game and were being important so that the game of the team flowed. The own Brazilian midfield player went with face of surprise when it saw his number in the tablilla. Neither he neither a lot of fans understood the change, since for example, Rakitic, was having a lot of less incidence that he.

But already it has remained very clear that for Valverde the two first changes always are used to to be Arthur or Coutinho, whatever happens in the field. Any of the two deserved be changed last night, but the trainer barcelonista wanted to change the system and they had to be the sacrificed. They went out to the terrain of game Arturo Vidal and Sergio Roberto, that did a good work and finish giving him the reason to the ex of the Athletic.

Sergi Roberto opened the field and Vidal strengthened the half

Although with Arthur and Coutinho already was working the Barcelona, can not deny that Vidal and Roberto gave him even more packaging to the group culé. The one of Reus had several dangerous arrivals arriving in second line and if it was not because it failed in the last pass, the Barça could have left with some goal more in his account.

Vidal also did a good work in the centre of the field and had several courts of merit. It lost a pair of dangerous balloons, but also helped a lot in the destruction and did not take out at all badly the balloon played. The Barcelona hardly suffered in defence since they went in and the 0-1 kept , with what in spite of everything, to Valverde finished him going out well his controversial decision to remove to the two Brazilians.