The arrival of Setién on the bench in Barcelona was received with great joy by the defenders of the quarry players participating more in the first team of Barcelona. The facts seemed to prove them right, because Ansu Fati He immediately consolidated himself as a starter for the Cantabrian coach and played many minutes … until something broke and The 17-year-old Guinean has been diluted to play testimonial minutes.
In the Santiago Bernabéu, Fati was a substitute and only went out desperate when Madrid was already going aft in search of victory to try to change something by playing nine minutes. Worse was what happened in Naples when Setien He used it as a change to waste time playing the three minutes of the discount. Of course it came from not contesting a single minute before the Eibar in the match in which he debuted Martin Braithwaite.
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The arrival of the Danish striker and Setien's determined commitment to Arturo vidal as third striker they have penalized the young Barça player who in the first six games of Setién started playing an average of 81 minutes per game. That average, in the last three games has collapsed to 4 per game.
The turning point could be found in Barcelona's visit to San Mamés in the copera tie. There, Ansu was replaced in the 57th minute of the match and then, in the following match he did not play a minute in the field of Betis. Later he played at a good level 85 minutes against Getafe and from there he disappeared from the coach's plans, a circumstance that looked clear in the Bernabeu.