The Barça, his fans and even his coach needed him and he did not fail them. In his first game as a starter after nearly a year injured, Ansu Fati put it back together in the Camp Nou. As three weeks ago, when with only 15 minutes he gave an adrenaline kick to all the Catalans present in the Estadi, the 18-year-old forward again showed that neither the pressure nor the 10 that he carries on his back weighs on him and that he inherited from Leo Messi.
Before he Valencia will go ahead on the scoreboard, with only one minute played, Ansu gave the first warning. In a backlash of the Barça that they made between Dest and Memphis, the ball reached Ansu, who tried to shoot the short stick but Foulquier slightly deflected the ball and avoided the goal when Cillessen it was already beaten. The referee did not whistle for a corner despite the touch of the Valencian side.
Shortly afterwards, the jug of cold water arrived with both Gayà, who took a whiplash from outside the area to put the Valencia ahead on the scoreboard. However the Barça, personified in Ansu, He shot with pride and only seven minutes later he was already putting the tables on the scoreboard. The ’10’ emulated Leo and, after making a wall with Memphis, shot with a thread and a lot of power to place the ball on the left side of Cillessen, that he could not do anything to avoid the goal. With that action, Ansu not only put the Barça back in the game, instead signing his second goal of the season and hooking the crowd to keep pushing for a much-needed win after the last two losses to Benfica and Atlético de Madrid.
Not satisfied yet with your contribution, Ansu caused the penalty that would transform Memphis Depay four minutes before the break. The Barça forward was knocked down by Gayà within the Valencia area and the referee did not hesitate to point out the maximum penalty.
After the break, the Hispano-Guinean came out with the same intensity and again put Cillessen to the test, after a good combination that they braided Dest y Memphis. With the party on track, but not sentenced, Koeman began to think about the decisive match on Wednesday against the Dynamo Kiev and replaced Ansu by Coutinho, in the middle of the ovation of the public.
With his performance, The fate invites you to believe in the speech of Ronald Koeman, that he Barça he can fight for the League with the recovery of troops. After the reappearance of his own Ansu, the Dutch coach was able to give the first minutes to the Kun Agüero.
Ansu Not only did he return Barcelona to joy, he sees how his team can pass Madrid in the standings if they win the Classic Sunday, but is also seen as the key man to break the Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League.
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