In a season that can end without a trophy, Riqui Puig, together with his quarry partner Ansu Fati, a revelation for FC Barcelona.
Collected at thirteen years before moving to La Masia, it is now an almost permanent detail in the middle of Quique Setién.
The young outdoor fighter under his predecessor Ernesto Valverde, it was Setien who gave Puig his first senior career in the last term of La Liga, the same night that the new coach also occupied the bench for the Camp Nou for the first time.
After 20 minutes of goal against Granada on a bloody January night, Puig showed one of the most productive aspects of his game by stealing the ball by left wing and then starting the play that resulted in Lionel Messi’s victory.
Except for 3 minutes in the full-time technique behind the Levante, however, when Fati stole the starters with a double, Puig never played for Barca in the Spanish elite after not being able to impress in the Copa del Rey a getaway to Ibiza.
Not before the three-month break imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, i.e.
Once the reboot began, however, Puig, however, left his mark on Setien’s most productive shots.
With some cameos in The first 3 games of Barca, he played the 90 games at Celta de Vigo and all of them opposed Atletico Madrid a few days later.
In the last match of the season against Alavés, with the name already on loan to Real Madrid, Puig had settled in the center of the park and had given anything to the Champions League of Setién with a magnificent pair of assists.
With the youngest player since Thiago Alcántara to achieve this feat, Puig is not yet prepared on the continent for his years of club formation.
Abandoned 24 hours before the start of the December match at Inter Milan, he was also an unused substitute in the last 16 matches with Napoli in February.
However, if you decided on Saturday by the resolution, listen to the iconic theme and run through the sacred field of Camp Nou with the emblem of the starry ball on your sleeve would mean the realization of a dream for the 20-year-old.
From his pavilion on Thursday, Mundo Deportivo played a poignant photo of a six-year-old Riqui in Paris with his father and brother as they celebrated the moment of the Blaugrana’s victory at the 2006 European Cup.
This milestone ignited his love of competition, the Puigs never lacked a house game thanks to the hope of their youngest son of the academy and now the first star of the team.
It has been their culture to be in the same place to eat near the stadium after the match, and perhaps on the weekend, this will be ended through Master Riqui, who also witnessed Barca’s last triumph at the Berlin UCL in 2015. had just given his own master class to see the Neapolitans.
Now in Barcelona, after six years in Sao Paulo, I have written extensively on these topics through advances and analysis and I have also covered the adjustment reports for
Now founded in Barcelona after six years in Sao Paulo, I have written extensively on these issues through advances and research, while I have also covered adjustment reports for tournaments such as the Copa America. In addition to writing for Forbes Sports, I publish Yellow – Green Football: an about Brazilian football that is a component of Guardian Sport Network and a component of O Globo.