Ousmane Dembele, who didn't feature in Barcelona's 4-3 defeat to Real Betis, was given some sage advice by teammate Gerard Pique.In a post-match interview, Pique was asked about the young Frenchman's omission from the squad.
"It's a strategic decision but we're all here to help him out," the centre-back said.
"He's young and got a lot of potential and I'm sure that [Valverde] has only left him out to work on other areas of his game.
"We've all been young and made errors, so from our experience we've got to help him realise that football is a 24 hour a day game - you've got to live and breath it."
Pique had no doubt in Dembele's ability to be able to show what he's worth, after joining Barcelona for a substantial transfer fee.
"I've got no doubt that he's going to improve and the coach's decisions will also help him.
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Iamtom_davidonIG
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Wow Pique is one to talk, I hope he learns from his own advice.
footballworldfresh
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what happened to Barcelona was a big blow to them currently atletico and Real currently believe they stand a chance..... vaverde couldn't have done more but when I watch Barcelona play I believe Messi presence caused the bad performance from the players..... Messi was brilliant and superb but when he is on the pitch Barcelona defense and midfield tend to relax leaving only Messi to perform for them.... Barcelona 10 players were all embarrassment today ....Suarez lost connection with the team.. he plays like a drunkard.... meanwhile when I watch the match I noticed Real betis used Barcelona dagger (passes) to dagger them rendering them weak until an external strength came on(vidal)... what happened to both Chelsea and Barcelona was annoying but we just have to learn and live with it...
vaybikly
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the job is too big for the coach to the extend he had failed over having a stating team, every game he change set to players and sometimes don't even know how to make better changes. the first three games he used Dembele for he performed very well. but later pit Dembele on the bench and want him to perform on the bench I think it's impossible. Dembele is better than Malcolm please try to including Dembele in your starting eleven to play role number 11, Countino role number 7, Messi role number 10 and Suarez's role number 9