Francisco Trincao (22 years old), who has a contract with Barça until 2025, has played with Wolverhampton 22 of the 29 games in the Premier League, 14 as a starter. Although some of his performances have been highlighted, the truth is that his statistics were more than poor: neither goals nor assists. Until the Wolves-Leeds from last Friday.
He entered the 25th minute for the injured Rúben Nevesgave quality 1-0 in the 26th minute Johnny Otto (exCelta) and made it 2-0 in the 45th minute with a low shot with his left foot from the edge of the box, also hitting a shell on the post from afar. His best game, however, was of no use to his team, which lost 2-3 at 91′. In the Cup he had scored a goal, but in August.
For a player to score and assist as a substitute in the first half of a Premier League match is something that has not happened since April 2013, when Frank Lampard he did it with Chelsea against Swansea City.
crack it cost 31 million in 2020, paid by Barça to Sporting Braga, and Wolverhampton has a non-mandatory purchase option. The English club loaned the Barça team in January to Adama Traorén the same conditions. The exchange at the end of the season is not clear, although it is a possibility, but at the Camp Nou they do expect the Portuguese to revalue himself with performances like the one on Friday.
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