Coutinho: The Treble champions return to Camp Nou, can he and Barca redeem each other in the post-Messi era? 01. Honest looking & stubborn at heart: Coutinho longs for success at Barca 02. Returning to Camp Nou with a muscular body: a serious injury kept him off the pitch 03. Comeback first game against the old master: Coutinho, who has a 100% passing success rate, can still conclude the game:

A year ago, Coutinho came off the bench in a Bayern shirt and scored twice, becoming one of the heroes of the team's elimination of Barca. A year later, Coutinho, who returned from a serious injury, became Barca's most pressured attacker for Bayern in 24 minutes with 100% passes and two threatening shots. Will Coutinho, 29, succeed in this much weaker Barca team?

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In the past, when playing for Liverpool, Coutinho was the little magician in the eyes of fans, the no. 10 core on Klopp's tactical board. He chose to join Barca because he really wanted to succeed in the Temple of South American players, not entirely because of money.

So when camp Nou fans booed Coutinho, he was so reluctant. Coutinho, who scored his signature long-range world wave against Manchester United's Champions League quarterfinals, responded to fans who lacked respect for him with his ear-covering gesture.

With grievances and heartbreak, Coutinho was loaned by the Catalan giants to Bayern Munich in the trough. He has experienced many twists and turns, and even lost the main position. But the tenacious Coutinho won a spot under Frick, the fast-rising Bundesliga giants, delivering a record of 11 goals and 9 assists in all competitions that year at Bayern.

In particular, in the Champions League quarter-finals against Barca, Coutinho, who came off the bench, contributed 2 goals and 1 assist, becoming one of bayern's 8-2 victories over Barca.

Coutinho proved himself in no way to delay the team's victory, and with treble glory, he returned to Barca in the summer of 2020 looking forward to a new start.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" >02. Returning to Camp Nou with a muscular body: a serious injury that kept him off the pitch</h1>

Returning from Bayern to Barca, Coutinho is not only more confident, but the more intuitive first-glance visual impact is that he is much stronger than when he left a year ago. According to the news of the Spanish media Serre Radio last summer, because of the hard training during Bayern, the Brazilian national team gymnast Fabio gave a statistic: Coutinho has gained 8 pounds of muscle in a crazy year at Bayern!

In the third round of the league with Sevilla, Barca, who were behind the score at the time, launched a strong attack for the first time. Coutinho quickly stepped forward after passing Messi back, taking advantage of the opponent's mistake to release the goal, and the follow-up Coutinho calmly shot to help Barca equalize.

Against Real Madrid's national derby, Coutinho also had a chance to be the hero of the team, but this time the penalty spot shot was blocked by Ramos flying. The latter's break from the penalty area hit teammate Varane, but the referee and VAR did not say anything.

Just when Coutinho wanted to take it to the next level, he was plagued by injuries. The problem of the meniscus made him say goodbye to the stadium for 9 months. From the end of December 2020, it was only today that we re-entered the grass at Camp Nou.

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Perhaps by fate, Coutinho's first game after returning from a serious injury was against Bayern Munich, where he played two seasons ago. He played for 24 minutes and delivered all 12 passes, while winning 2 of 3 1-on-1 ground matches, plus 2 shots and 1 pass. Coutinho, though unable to score, proved he could still play.

Shortly after playing, Coutinho instigated a wave of attack. He picked up the ball in the flank and crossed to Demir in the middle, who crossed and then passed to Coutinho on the flank. The Brazilian Little Magician cut inside with the ball and then fired his signature long-range shot, but it was a little higher, but it still drew a nice arc.

Looking at this attack again, Coutinho's beautiful in-situ possession behind the midline and getting rid of the Bayern players who shook off the scramble gave Barca an instant chance to speed up. The ball was awarded to young left-back Balde on the flank and Coutinho followed at high speed in the middle. Unfortunately, the youngster's cross-pass was not well placed and was released by the Bayern defender.

Coutinho was both motivated and in good physical condition on the pitch, and this time Demir shifted the ball to Alba, who crossed to the front post. It was Coutinho who shoveled in front of goal, but unfortunately didn't get the ball. However, his impact mode into the box is something that Barca's other players in this game have not been able to do.

Believe it or not, but before Brycevet was injured and Fati and Dembele returned, Coutinho was the most active presence in Barca's current squad to storm the penalty area without the ball, and one of the players with the best success rate in the front.

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Barca once bought Coutinho for €145 million (Coutinho himself paid Liverpool €10 million, with another 5 million Champions League prizes not triggered) to buy Coutinho in the hope that he would become Messi's successor. It's probably too hard, and Coutinho can't do it. But when Barca's strength is not even as good as Liverpool's, will Coutinho turn back into the little Brazilian magician? After injuries and wanderings, the more mature and stronger Coutinho still has a firm heart that believes he can live up to the red-and-blue shirt he wears.

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