Barca Blaugranes · Jan 11, 2019
Jeison Murillo largely fails his first Barcelona audition
Photo by David Ramos/Getty ImagesLast season at the Ciutat de Valencia Stadium, Ernesto Valverde decided to put a Colombian centre-back into his defence to allow some of his more important players a rest at a crucial stage of the season.
Yerry Mina’s performance was so poor in Barca’s only league defeat of the season, that he’d virtually sealed his own exit before the end of the 90 minutes. He was gone at the end of the season after just six months.
Against Levante on Thursday night, Valverde again rested key players and brought in a Colombian centre-back... with eerily similar consequences for the most part.