In the 19th round of La Liga, Barca defeated Mallorca 1-0. Looking back at this game, it can be called a collective counterattack of Barca's "waste wood": Luc De Jong, who was denounced as a parallel cargo, scored the winning goal, and the equally criticized Ter Stegen tried to keep Barca from losing the goal. In stark contrast to these teammates, Puic, who started the game, still played extremely badly. As many Barca fans complained: Mallorca's attack depends on Puic's relationship!
Due to the re-outbreak of the epidemic, a number of barca main players have been confirmed to be positive for the new crown. According to media reports, only 9 players in the Barça team can play in La Liga against Mallorca. This includes Puic. Seeing this, coach Xavi had to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor and let Puic start. As soon as they saw the starting list, Barca fans began to scratch their hearts: this kid won't have to pit his teammates again, right?
Barca fans' eyes turned out to be shining, and Puic, who played as the starting midfielder, played extremely badly. The ball is often stopped to the opponent, as long as Mallorca strengthens the pressing against him, he immediately blindly returns the pass. Panicking, multiple passing errors gave Mallorca the opportunity to strike back quickly in midfield. If it were not for the Barca defense led by Pique and Ter Stegen, it would have been scored by Mallorca. Seeing this, many fans sighed: No wonder Koeman resolutely refused to reuse Puic.
Come to think of it, as manager, Koeman clearly knows Puic's state of the game best. Don't say that it is difficult to revitalize the midfield and dig less pits for teammates! Therefore, even if the Barça executives, led by Laporta, pressed him to reuse Puic, and even listed this as a condition for contract renewal, the honest Koeman resolutely refused to agree. According to statistics, Puic has never been given a starting opportunity during his time at Koeman this season.
It is worth mentioning that there were also some radical fans at the time who insulted Koeman for this. Now it seems that these fans are clearly wrong to blame Koeman. In terms of Puic's technical ability, he is simply not up to the task of Barca's midfield. Instead of staying at Barca, it would be better to leave the team now. If you switch to the middle and lower reaches of the five major leagues, you still have a chance to play the main force. At the age of the highest ball, it is really necessary to play more games, rather than being paranoid as a big nail.