Villarreal-FC Barcelona | Ferran points to Villarreal

25/08/2023

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The Foios attacker, who did not play a minute in the debut in Getafe and barely 10 against Cádiz, will have more prominence in the match against Villarreal at La Cerámica (we will see if he starts)

His goal ratio is one every 35 minutes between preseason and the start of the league and he is in the best physical shape of his career

Ferran Torres is working hard to gain prominence within Xavi’s very expensive ecosystem. With the system of four midfielders, playing in one of the attacking positions is very difficult. We will see what system the coach from Terrassa bets on on Sunday at La Cerámica, but again (and despite Raphinha’s loss) many will not be able to enter the starting eleven.

In practice there are not four players installed in the midfield (Pedri the other day he dropped non-stop and became a kind of midfielder and if it wasn’t him it was Gavi or Gündogan), but yes, if we talk about what They are footballers a priori classified as midfielders who occupy them.

On the offensive fringe, the payroll is made up of Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Ansu, Abde and a Lamine Yamal that seems destined to stay permanently and no longer even go through the Barça subsidiary. In fact, he will even be summoned to play the next selection window with De la Fuente’s senior team.

WILL XAVI KEEP LAMINE?

The fact is that Raphinha, the starting theorist in one of those two attack demarcations (he was at the Coliseum in the first trial), will serve his second game ban at the Estadio de La Cerámica de Villarreal. Lamine Yamal took her place in the first of those two ‘grounded’ matches. And he did it with self-confidence and curdling an interesting performance.

Ferran Torres also had minutes towards the end. The one from Foios seemed to leave as the last in line from what we saw in Getafe. Abde, Lamine and Ansu passed him in the rotation and he was left without playing.

THE LOGICAL ORDER OF THE REVULSIVES

In the league debut at Montjuïc he had 10 minutes and scored a goal that shows his condition a bit and what he has been teaching in preseason. He is like a bull (we get tired of seeing him do double sessions) and very well mentally.

Thus, it is very likely that su rol gain ancestry in fiefdom ‘groguet’. We’ll see if to get off the start (if Xavi decides to bet on a three-man attack or decides to seat Lamine) or to act as a revulsion with the duel started. The hour of the shark, as it is now called.