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Latest reviews from SPORT point out that Barcelona defender Hector Fort is ready to achieve elevated prominence because the workforce embarks on its marketing campaign within the League Cup, particularly with a busier schedule forward.
Fort was one of many standout gamers in Barcelona’s lineup throughout the match in opposition to Espanyol.
After the sport, supervisor Hansi Flick talked about that his resolution to substitute Jules Kounde was strategic, however he additionally shared insights about Fort’s improvement, highlighting that this was his second begin of the season.
Difficult time for Fort
After an encouraging debut season, Fort has confronted challenges in securing enjoying time underneath Flick’s administration.
In the course of the pre-season, it was clear that Flick meant to introduce the younger full-back step by step into the primary workforce. Thus far, Fort has solely been on the pitch for 18% of the full accessible minutes in La Liga.
He was a starter in opposition to Espanyol, enjoying for 78 minutes, and likewise featured in matches in opposition to Alaves for 67 minutes, Girona for 29 minutes, Villarreal for 9 minutes, Getafe for two minutes, and Osasuna for five minutes.
Hector Fort has not performed a lot for Barcelona. (Picture by Eric Alonso/Getty Photos)
Within the Champions League, he contributed a further 26 minutes in opposition to Younger Boys. Flick has relied on Kounde as his main possibility at right-back, regardless of Fort’s spectacular performances at left-back final season.
Time will change
In his early appearances with the primary workforce, Fort demonstrated exceptional consistency in demanding environments. He capitalized on Joao Cancelo’s absences to safe a spot within the beginning lineup, starting his season with the senior workforce proper from pre-season.
Flick has been step by step growing Fort’s enjoying time, reflecting the membership’s perception in his potential as a useful asset for the long run.
Fort renewed his contract final Could, extending his keep till 2029. With the League Cup matches approaching and a packed schedule on the horizon, expectations are excessive for him to function extra prominently within the coming matches.
Flick has been carefully monitoring his progress, as evidenced by his supportive gestures after the match in opposition to Valladolid, the place he took the time to clarify to the participant why he had not acquired extra enjoying time earlier.
As Barcelona’s fixtures improve in frequency, the full-back’s alternative is poised to increase considerably.
