If there is one player who has come out clearly indicated by Ronald Koeman from Saturday's defeat against Cádiz (2-1) in LaLiga, it is the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho. His absence in the starting eleven tonight against Juventus leaves the Brazilian very touched, who he did not even appear in the second half against the Cadiz team. In just three days, Coutinho has suffered two very drastic decisions by his coach – removing him from the team after the break in Cádiz and not placing him in the starting lineup against Juventus – that could end up affecting his performance, although the player himself He was quick to highlight yesterday in his appearance before the media that he had gained mental strength over the years to overcome adversity.
And is that yes in the case of the absences of Martin Braithwaite and Sergio Busquets, the other two slaughtered in today's match by Koeman, rotations can be claimed As the main argument, in Coutinho's it is not justified in any way: it must be remembered that the Brazilian was one of the three players, along with Messi and De Jong, who did not travel to Budapest last week to play against him. Ferencvaros.
So that, Coutinho faces his most difficult moment since the arrival of Koeman, with the challenge of recovering some stripes that it seems he has lost in recent games. Also, The fact of dragging the label of being the most expensive signing in the club's history does not help either.
Apart from these three players, The central Óscar Mingueza has also remained on the bench, although in his case the substitution was sung, once the Uruguayan Ronald Araújo has fully recovered. The reserve team defender has played a total of four games for the first team, showing that he has plenty of talent and quality to aspire to one of the center-back positions in the not too distant future.