Roque hasn’t had a real chance by any stretch and all things considered he probably should have had more minutes under Xavi. Check that. He definitely should have had more minutes under Xavi. His agent was rather vocal at one point specifically saying the player wouldn’t go out on loan, but the player hasn’t said anything to the best of my knowledge. In fact, he’s been said to have rebuffed Saudi twice now this Summer.
Nice performance against Milan despite the result. With the context of preseason and all the subs, still really liked the pressure in the opponents end which led to many turnovers. Also liked the tempo throughout the match.
A few additional thoughts:
- Really liked Casado’s ability to move the ball, especially going forward.
- Victor again impressed and I thought he was better than he was in the Clasico.
- Valle can deliver a ball, but he lacks pace and size and Leao, who to be fair causes plenty of defenders of trouble, really had his number out on the right.
- If you want to talk LBs, and Valle is a LB out of position who again should not be playing ahead of Fort without good reason, then how about Gerard Martin? Thought he had a very good performance. Curious to see if he’s played himself into the first team.
- Have to say that while we’ve seen plenty of kids in preseason tours before, I can’t remember this many featuring all at once.