Koeman, delighted by the young and the less accustomed

FC Barcelona completed an extraordinary match in Kiev, especially for their excellent second half. In the first half the Catalans did not finish engaging in the match, but in the second they were attacked and ended up beating Dynamo 0-4. A goal from Sergiño Dest, the first with the Barça shirt; a brace from Martin Braithwaite, who made his Champions League debut; and the same as Antoine Griezmann, who was a substitute, decided the clash.

It was a commitment in which the younger and less common have had the opportunity to claim. Before the defeats of Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Ansu Fati, injured, Ronald Koeman has decided to shoot those with fewer minutes this season. Also, the Dutchman left Leo Messi and Frenkie de Jong out of the squad, so the substitutes gained weight.

That’s why they played from the beginning Carles Aleñá, Francisco Trincao, Junior Firpo or Martin Braithwaite. At first, as reported by the newspaper ‘Sport’, the one in Zaandam did not have them all with him with his experiment in Kiev, but in the end he was delighted by what he saw. All less common than fulfilled their mission and they gave a good level to a greater or lesser extent.

Aleñá, for example, started for the first time this season and played double pivot with Miralem Pjanic. The man from Mataró worked hard, asked for it and was remarkable, which his coach really appreciated. He was also pleased with Trincao, despite the Portuguese not having been very successful. His desire to please, his personality and the thousand and one attempts he made overflowing they convinced Ronald.

Braithwaite was another of those who “earned his bread” with his two goals. The Dane tried at all times and ended up deciding the match with 0-2 after a “9” and 0-3 shot from the spot. But if we have to talk about players who took advantage of their opportunity, Óscar Mingueza was the great protagonist. The central defender has been outstanding alongside Clément Lenglet and has proven he can be a solution to any first team game.

The less common will still have minutes

In short, the former coach of Holland he understood that he has a long staff and that he can really trust the less common for certain days. This will soon have him expand his rotation and against Osasuna, already with Messi, De Jong and perhaps Busquets, Aleñá, Mingueza, Braithwaite or Trincao they could continue to have minutes, either from the start, as could be the case of the defender, or in the second part.