After Pedri, Barça seems to have fallen another angel, the Prince of Conakry. Ilaix Moriba (19-1-2003) is the new sensation of Koeman's team. “I will take this goal to the grave,” he said excitedly in El Sadar Ilaix, which is going to impact per game. After playing 27 minutes of a high level at Sánchez Pizjuán, in a game in which Barça played all their options to stay alive in LaLiga and in which he responded like a player, the midfielder also gave satisfaction in extra time of the Cup match against Lopetegui. Finally, he burst Sergio Herrera's nets with a spectacular left foot that sentenced the Pamplona game.
Ilaix has a goal and two assists in three spells in LaLiga. It was known that he was a player with great physical display, technical conditions, 'flow' and impudence, but his criteria and maturity were questioned. And it is what he is showing the most on the pitch, knowing what to do in each action. “He always gives you something extra, plays with personality,” Koeman admitted. The Dutchman had to smell something when he allowed the loan of Carles Aleñá to Getafe. Pjanic's low level and Riqui Puig's still lack of rennet have opened a door for a player in which Koeman sees something special. And with whom he has a connection. That bow that Ilaix made him in Seville in gratitude is a wink of complicity that he repeated this Saturday in Pamplona. “Ronald tells me that every time I get close to the area, he goes off,” explained Ilaix. “Since I was little, I have always liked football. But I always wanted to play here at Thank God, my father brought me to Barcelona.” Ilaix arrived at Barça in 2010. Step by step, and despite an obstacle such as a knee injury in his debut with the Sib-17 National Team against Greece, the Prince of Conakry begins to make a place for himself in one of the biggest clubs in the world.