Barcelona fans look forward to Traore in the Catalan derby

Adama Traore seeks to present himself as the new darling of Barcelona fans after his brilliant start with the Catalan club, while Real Madrid will be a guest of Villarreal tomorrow in the 24th stage of the Spanish League, with an eye on what awaits Tuesday in Paris against Saint-Germain.

In his first match after returning to Barcelona on loan from Wolverhampton, Traore won the love of the Catalan club's fans with the fighting spirit shown by the international winger since the first second of the meeting that his new-old team won over title-holders Atletico Madrid 4-2.

The 26-year-old exhausted the Atletico defense in the first half of the match, especially defender Mario Hermoso, and set the pace that allowed coach Xavi Hernandez's team to turn its backwardness into a 3-1 lead in the first half, before exhaustion made its way to him after the mighty effort, which led to his removal. In the 61st minute. The pass, thanks to which Gavi gave Barcelona a 2-1 lead, was not the only point of praise for Traore, but the tremendous effort he made in attack and defense gave the team a different dimension and a tremendous impulse that eventually enabled him to settle the three points and advance in the standings at the expense of Atletico Especially to the fourth place in the final qualifying for the Champions League.

Now, the opportunity for Traore to win more fans' love is when Barcelona hosts its neighbor Espanyol on Sunday, looking for a second successive victory and confirming complete superiority over the neighbor who has not tasted the victory over "Blaugrana" in the league since February 2009 (2-1 at Camp Nou). ).

Xavi was very happy with his new player's performance, saying, "It was a great start for Adama. We want him to attack people (the opponent) and he will give us a lot. It's a great contract."

And when Barcelona fans see a player like Traore, they see that he is one of them, someone who was born in Llobregat hospital just two kilometers from the Camp Nou stadium, someone who was founded at the La Masia academy.

Consequently, Traore embodies loyalty to the club and presents himself as an option against Frenchman Osman Dembele, who refused to extend his contract and also refused to leave in the winter transfer period despite the management's clear desire to abandon him, with the aim of leaving the Camp Nou next summer for free.

In light of the few options, Xavi and the management decided to forgive Dembele and return him to the team so that he would not receive his huge salary while sitting on his sofa watching the matches from behind the television screen.

But the public's position on the Frenchman was quite evident in the meeting against Atletico, as he was booed despite keeping him on the bench and despite Xavi's demand that they stop doing so.

Traore is not the only one who can forget Barcelona, ​​even partially, the grief of losing Argentine star Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain, but there is now Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who came to the team for free after being released from his contract with Arsenal, and he participated against Atletico when He entered instead of Traore, who only cares that "the fans had fun. The most important thing is that they regain faith (in the team)".

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