Helder Costa He arrived at Valencia five minutes before the transfer market from Leeds closed. Portuguese I came to replace the left wing, a position that was owned by Cheryshev and that Hugo Duro has covered well in the absence of the Russian. The point is that Helder He has only started in 11 minutes, against Real Madrid, a time in which precisely the white team turned the game around.
Without focusing on the possible tactical errors that the Portuguese could have in those 11 minutes, Bordalás realized that he had a lot of work with Helder in order for it to become truly useful for the team. The footballer, according to those who see him train every day, He has a prodigious left foot and stands out mainly in the centers from the band. Nevertheless, you still have a long way to go to understand tactical concepts Bordalás has been instilling in the rest of the team since the preseason.
Helder arrives on loan from Leeds but that is not something Bordalás takes into account when using it more or less. Physically something is still missing but this is not the fundamental reason why he is barely counting on minutes despite the fact that there are quite a few injured starters. The work that remains to assimilate is the tactical and above all internalize the way in which Bordalás sees football and what he demands of his players in games.