Barcelona defender Joao Cancelo will be glad that last week came to an end, as it could scarcely have gone worse for him on the pitch. The Portuguese right-back was at fault for a poor tackle on Ousmane Dembele against Paris Saint-Germain, resulting in a penalty, and suffered against Real Madrid, where he was at fault in all three goals scored by Los Blancos.
After the PSG match, Cancelo denounced the fact that he had received messages online wishing death on his daughter, in another gross show of the negative side of social media.
However on the pitch, things did not improve in El Clasico. Former Barcelona defender Frank de Boer said that his performance explained Pep Guardiola’s decision to replace him at Manchester City, while Marco van Basten said that they were mistakes that were improper for a footballer at his age.
Of course Cancelo still belongs to City, although Barcelona and the player have publicly declared a desire to continue together next season.
Reportedly City are keen to sell him permanently for a fee upwards of €30m, while Barcelona want him on loan again. Ironically, it may well bring him closer to a return to the Blaugrana, as his performances will have done nothing for his value on the market.
robemnpsu
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I don't even understand cancelo how can a defender cannot watch he left are right In a crucial match this same mistake
Jadbimost
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Barcelona's problem is due to lazy pressing midfielders. Pedri contributed to the 3rd goal. He's very lazy. He could have fouled the Madrid player who carried the ball on the right wing.
DelPiero89
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I was waiting for this topic. He lacks concentration in some games. And didn’t make good decisions even in attack in the game.
R10_TheRealGOAT
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so when he scores and saves the team both Pep and other brainless supporters of Manchester City and Barcelona praise him as the best fullback in the game but God forbid he has an off day or 2 and all the sudden both sets of supporters and Pep start dragging his name through the dirt and mud and then expect the player to wanna continue to perform in every game as if he feels loved playing there after hearing and reading such hypocrisy! I love watching Pep as a coach but I'm old enough to remember that as a player he was mediocre and as a coach he is the only big name coach to have failed winning UCL with Bayern Munich and his Bayern Munich was STACKED with big name players! to me yes Cancelo is known to have a little of temper but I would too if I kept hearing and reading and experiencing what he does on a daily, let's not forget how his home keeps getting broken into and all the threats him and his family have and are dealing with by losers in the beautiful world of ours! To me he is by far the most talented LB in the game right now, he just actually has to see and feel welcomed somewhere and not get prosecuted every time he has a bad game is if he ain't human like all of us!