Semedo returns home: he learned to be a winger at Benfica

Be special for Nelson Semedo (16-11-1993) return to Da Luz, the stadium where international prestige was built in just two seasons with the Benfica. The place where it caught the attention of Robert, technical secretary of the Barça, that after the failed first post-Alves season, he attacked his signing in the summer of 2017. The merit of Semedo, moreover, is that he exploded in a position, that of Right side, where he had not been raised.

Was Helder, technical of the inferior categories of the incarnates, who proposed to Semedo that delay your position habitual. Full of midfielders and midfielders, Hélder suggested to Semedo that he had conditions to be Right side. Speed, travel … To Semedo, to boat soon, the idea did not make him too much Grace. But Helder He told her that he would soon be convinced that it was his ideal position. AND got it right. Semedo, that he had (and still is) bad times in the defensive balance, and that he was forced to learn tactical concepts what were they unknown for him, a player with a certain tendency to anarchy in his beginnings, more in the position in which he played, he made a name and ended making a fortune Thanks to the Helder's occurrence.

Player already established in the elite, the Barça and Semedo have given several lurching regarding your future in the last year. Hurt for his substitution at Anfield on the day from 4-0, Semedo wanted to leave from Barça this summer. I had an offer from Athletic but the Barça club, stung by Atlético for the Griezmann case, rated him at 50 million of euros. Semedo was left with the promise of ownership and renewal. The ownership had it, but the renewal no. Barça thought that, once its amortization was on track, it could be a good asset to sell. He had offers and Barça needed the money. Now the situation has turned again. Semedo can extend your contract. Adapted to the city (without going any further, it is a classic of the La Boquería market, in the heart of La Rambla), the club considers extend the relationship with Portuguese. Everything changes in football, such as their position on the field on the day there were plenty of midfielders in the Benfica.