Ferran Torres came off the bench to spark a resurgence for Barcelona against Elche and help the Blaugrana secure a 2-1 win.
Here are reasons why he was our Man of the Match.
Dribbles
Moments after coming on for Gavi at the stroke of half-time, Torres almost engineered the equalizer with some sweet dribbling.
He takes on Elche’s Barragan here
Feigns to cut inside right
But switches to the left, leaving Barragan behind
This dribbling almost resulted in a goal for Aubameyang, but Elche defended it well.
Torres completed 3 of his 4 attempted dribbles in the game.
Shots
Adama Traore came on and bullied his way down the right to send in a low cross into the box.
Again, Torres is well positioned to receive it.
Ferran’s shot is saved again
Torres had 3 shots on target in just 45 minutes played.
Torres was getting himself into a number of good positions and could have scored 2 goals in his first 15 minutes on the pitch.
In this episode, he found a world of space in the box, after being picked out by Jordi Alba.
But his shot is over the bar
Torres was all over the place causing all sorts of a nuisance for the Elche defense.
The 22-year-old striker made one tackle and won 5 of his 6 ground duels in the game. He was nigh unplayable against Elche.
Goal
Torres got his goal in the 60th minute after some fine work from Dembele on the right.
Dembele’s ball in is headed towards Alba
Alba sends in back towards the goal for Ferran to turn it in
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