Vitor Roque, 18 years old, He did not play a single minute against the Athletic Club in San Mamés, despite the fact that Barça The place to the semifinals of the Cup was at stake and he needed to score. In the 106th minute of extra time, Xavi opted for the substitute The mine the youth squad was out Marc Guiu and not the Brazilian.
Just tomorrow, Victor Roque It will be a month since it landed in Barcelona to begin his new stage as a Barça player. From the first moment, the club has been clear that these remaining six months of the season must serve Victor Roque so that he can acclimatize to the city and so that he adapts both to the team and his new teammates, and to the style of play, which has nothing to do with that of the Athletico Paranaensewhere he received long balls and had to make a living.
Vitor Roque debuted with Barça in Las Palmas
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Besides, ‘Tigrinho‘He reappeared as a starter in the last Brasileirao game on December 6 after more than two months injured, and from then on he enjoyed vacations and enjoyed his honeymoon, before traveling to Barcelona.
In addition to meeting his new teammates and acclimatizing, Victor Roque He also needed a specific work plan, apart from the group, to regain his best physical shape.
Every day Victor Roque it’s going to get worse and, as he said Xavi, he will have minutes and will be important for the team. His first starting game could come this Saturday against the Villarreal. In fact, ‘Tigrinho‘ was the club’s big claim to sell tickets for the match against the yellow ‘Submarine’, as it will also be the first opportunity to Victor Roque to play at home.
The examples of Vinicius and Rodrygo
Despite the fact that other homegrown youth players of the same age passed him in San Mamesin it Barça They are clear that there is no need to run with Victor Roque. Furthermore, they have examples such as Rodrygo y Vinicius in it Real Madrid, who arrived at the white club at the same age and before becoming indisputable in the first team, they even cut their teeth in the reserve team. ‘Tigrinho‘, like Vinicius y Rodrygoit was also a transfer of 60 million -30 fixed and 31 in variables-, hence Barça wants to go little by little with Victor Roquewho will begin to be demanded to the maximum starting next season, already acclimatized to the country and the team and starting the course from the beginning like the rest of the players.
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