Insatiable and impeccable, he is one of the players who best represent the voracity stamp that Hansi Flick imprints on his Barça. Goal scorer, assistant, runner, midfielder, and forward. He is Fermín. A total Fermín. A superlative Fermín. A general Fermín who was not a world champion due to the misfortune of an injury, but who has returned hungrier than ever, more eager to earn his place. For now, he has left Dani Olmo, who came from the United States strengthened, on the bench. But the Andalusian is on fire.
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At Mestalla, a goal with the left foot, a beautiful individual play that the Valencian goalkeeper saved at the last moment before it kissed the post, two assists, the one for 0-1 to Lamine Yamal and the one for 0-3 to Raphinha, and an impressive display. He already has four goals in four matches and his connection with Lamine is very remarkable.
The connection between Fermín and Lamine Yamal brings great benefits to the team
With his breaking runs or his drops to the right wing, he offers Rocafonda’s player endless solutions to play wall passes or deep balls. Because Fermín, in his fourth season at the top level, is a treat for the passer, while also knowing how to associate.
Just ask Raphinha, with whom he understands perfectly. They are two fast players but at the same time Fermín is gaining precision and intelligence on the pitch.
In a Barça where the collective stands out, Fermín continues to captivate Flick. “He has a lot of energy, intensity, goes from box to box, scores goals, presses, and always tries to recover the ball. Sometimes he has to control the ball more, he is still young, but his strength is intensity. Sometimes he makes mistakes but he is doing fantastically well,” said the Barcelona coach.
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He is not yet among the team captains, but few beat him in character and ambition. The competition spurs everyone on since later, when Olmo came on, the Terrassa player provided two goal assists. “Dani is not happy when he is not a starter, but when he has come on he has done very well, and that’s what it’s about. I always make decisions for the benefit of the team,” said a happy Flick about his Barça’s performance. “I see the hunger in my players who always want more, including the world champions. The current situation is fantastic but we are only at the beginning of the road, we must keep wanting to attack and attack and also control the matches a bit more.” For the first, he has an army. For the second, he has added the gem Rodri, “a leader both on the field and in the locker room.”
After the departures of Lewandowski, Ferran, and Rashford, many wondered if Barça would lack goals this season. The answer is 17 goals in four league matches, with a poker for Fermín and Lamine Yamal and already six goals for Raphinha. “We will always need a real number nine, but we have a lot of quality up front and in midfield. We know how to find solutions in tight spaces and also in open field,” said the blaugrana coach.
“People always want a striker who scores 40 goals but we have many players capable of scoring, like Raphinha, Fermín, Lamine Yamal, Gabriel Jesus… This year we will not lack goals,” highlighted Pedri.
Fermín, Olmo, and the Canarian were applauded by the Mestalla crowd within an enormous Barça. Never seen before.
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