“Leo (Messi), with Antoine (Griezmann) and Ousmane (Dembélé), he has depth. Ousmane is different from Antoine, obviously, but when the ball comes into the box, you have to be there, and score. In this, Antoine was very good. Barça need Leo, for his game, his importance in creating chances, and above all for his efficiency. This is something very important that you need, when you want to fight for titles. From day one contact with Leo has been good. He did everything he could to be in good shape, to help the team. Like all of us, he had some difficulties for a while, but lately he’s been very good, with a lot of realism, which is what he’s used to. (On Umtiti) It was his first full game in a long time, and I think he played well. Behind Sergio (Busquets), he did a lot of vertical passes, I like that a lot. We had neither Lenglet nor Araujo (touched during the warm-up) and Umtiti, like Oscar (Mingueza), showed that he has his place in this team, ”commented Ronald Koeman after Barça’s great victory in Granada ( 4-0).
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