Soccer tip Dilemma `Cootinho`
Last winter, Liverpool lost its flag to the players. And he did not feel his lack at all, on the contrary -;only became stronger. Those EUR 160 million received from Barcelona for Philippe Kouttinio proved a blessing to the owners of the English club;Fenway Sports Group, and even more for the manager Jurgen Klop. With the Brazilian among the holders, the reds won 60% of their matches, and without it -;67%. And with one big plus -;Merseyside were ranked for the first time in 13 years in the Champions League final (1:3 loss from Real Madrid in Kiev).
Today, one year after this mega-transfer, Liverpool is a leader in Premier League and has steadily headed for the winning championship title, which he has missed since 1990, bringing together 85 percent of the possible points so far. In addition, he went through the toughest group in the Champions League in Paris Saint-Germain competition of Kylian Mabe, Neymar and Essonne Cavan and Napoli by Carlo Ancelotti. Meanwhile, Kouttinjo is stuck on Camp Nou`s bench.
To ease the wound from the painful unexpected good-bye to Neymar, Barca jumped firmly for Philippe in the summer of 2017, but he met Liverpool`s hard-back, where they set a 200m euros for his ace. to pay that money, because that would put the club at risk, defended the retreat leaders after putting 140 million euros for Ousmane Dembele. Four months later, the Catalan club resumed its offensive, and this time the problem was no longer the gap after Neymar, and the one of Andres Iniesta`s soon-to-be-farewell.
I`ve always believed that Kouttinho is the perfect replacement for Iniesta. We had to think of finding a player ready to take the relay at the moment. Andres scored an entire era in world football, analyzing at that time the then sports director of Los Asulgrada Robert Fernandez.
The inescapability to inherit Iniesta, however, is too great for a shy and closed boy who has never stood strong and powerful. Even in Liverpool he was the leader in the game, but never in the dressing room.
Anfield Clap at no point saw Kouttinho as an inner midfielder. The same goes for Tite in the Brazilian national team, where the breeder uses it as a right wing because the left flank belongs firmly to Neymar. Andres also had to play like a fake wing before he established himself as an inner midfielder, justifying himself in Cannes Barca.
The DNA of Iniesta, however, in any case has little to do with Coitinho. One was forged in the art academy of La Massa, and the other -;in the chaotic karyoka soccer. The La Mancha boy even played a supporting midfielder during the 2005/06 Champions League, at the end of which he picked up the European Cup after that famous Paris final via
livescore against Arsenal.
HOLIDAY AFTER NEMAN
Coutinho took advantage in his first season in Barcelona from the gap left by Neymar on the left wing and from Dembele`s injuries. His influence, always more sensitive in the field than in the game, helped Los aspulgrana to win the La Liga and the King`s Cup. His account:22 matches, 10 goals, 5
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