Feb 28, 2024, 4:40 PM ET
It already had its official debut. Newcomer, Valentin Barco He played a game for Brighton & Hove and Albion for the first time, but not in the Premier League, but the manager, Roberto De Zerbi, included him at the end in the 1-0 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers, for the FA Cup.
Valentín Barco had his long-awaited debut in Brighton, for the FA Cup. ESPN/TV Capture
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“He is not ready. We knew in the transfer market that arriving for a player from another country is very hard,” commented the coach about the adaptation of the versatile player from Boca Juniors19 years old, just 24 hours before the debut.
That’s what the coach said on Tuesday, while this Wednesday, to a surprise, he included him on the substitute bench and put him in the closing, at 79 minutes of play, when his team was losing 1-0, instead of the left back. Brazilian Igor Julio. He made five correct passes out of six he gave.
At 83, Barco launched a good cross from the left that a teammate headed high and, four minutes later, he fought for the ball and won a corner for his team, who insisted but could not get a draw and were eliminated in the round of 16. FA Cup final.
“He is a good player, we are going to help him understand everything,” De Zerbi concluded given the possibility that he would debut soon. And finally he already jumped onto the field in that fall, in which he scored the winning goal by Mario Lemina, from Gabon, two minutes into the game.
The English team executed the termination clause for 10 million dollars to get him out of Boca and signed a four and a half year contract until June 2028.