After the victory of "Barcelona" in the second round of the Spanish championship against "Malaga", the leaders of the Catalonia team praised the goal scored by the Belgian Thomas Vermaelen.
The defender, who missed the entire previous season due to injury, started the 2015-2016 championship very solidly.
Th. Vermaelen played excellently in the match against Bilbao "Athletic", and his goal in the second half of the duel with the Andalusians helped "Barca" to add another three important points to the championship tally.
"The match was really tough, although I had no doubt that in the end we would break the opponents' defense. This was done by Thomas. The course of the match does not surprise me. He is a great footballer, although he has not yet reached optimal physical form. It should not be forgotten that he started playing at full strength not long ago. Now he needs to spend as much time as possible on the field," - said the head coach of "Barcelona" Luis Enrique after the match.
In addition, the strategy of the Catalonia team did not forget to praise Sergi Roberto. The graduate of the "Barca" academy, who usually plays in the defense positions, now has to change his position and play in the right defensive flank. This position has simply been depleted by injuries to players: due to health problems, neither Dani Alves, nor Adriano, nor Douglas Pereira can play.
The technical secretary of "Barcelona" Robert Fernandez also did not spare praise for the Belgian: "Thomas already played a great match with the Bilbao team, and once again proved his worth. I have no doubt that during the season, when his sports form improves, he will demonstrate an even higher quality of play. Such matches and a scored goal will give him even more confidence, which is very important after the previous season, when Thomas could not play due to injury and surgery."
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