Barcelona’s star lauds Vitor Roque following the Catalan club’s 2-1 win against Las Palmas- “You can already see the class he has”.
Barcelona’s star lauds Vitor Roque following the Catalan club’s 2-1 win against Las Palmas
Ronald Araujo of Barcelona lauded Vitor Roque after the latter made his debut in their 2-1 LaLiga win against UD Las Palmas on Thursday (4 January).
Barcelona agreed to pay Athletico-PR €40 million to sign the Brazilian attacker last summer. The midfielder.
However, had to wait until the current January transfer window to officially join the Catalan giants.
Roque made his debut against Las Palmas in the Estadio de Gran Canaria, replacing Ferran Torres in the 78th minute.
The score remained 1-1, with Torres’ 55th-minute shot wiping out Munir’s 13th-minute goal.
After being shoved in the back by Daley Sinkgraven, Ilkay Gundogan put his team ahead with a stoppage-time penalty kick.
As Las Palmas urgently sought an equalizer, Barcelona unleashed a deadly counterattack.
Lamine Yamal found Joao Felix on the left wing, and the Portuguese sent a beautiful cross into the box for Roque.
The Brazilian attacker, on the other hand, sent the ball just wide of the right post.
Araujo, who played the whole 90 minutes at center-back, remarked after the game, via writer Gabriel Sans.
Barcelona will battle for the title once Las Palmas wins, according to Xavi Hernandez
Before their game against UD Las Palmas, Barcelona was 10 points behind league leaders Real Madrid and second-placed Girona, despite having a game in hand.
However, an amazing second-half effort meant that they took all three points away from the Canary Islands.
Xavi Hernandez declared after the game that his squad will challenge for the league title despite a shaky start to the season.
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