🚨 Lamine after the win yesterday, on why he slowed down in some of his sprints: “If it had been a final, I would have been at 100%, but we’re NOT stupid. I wasn’t going to use 100% of my energy when we were 3–0 up in the 40th minute. We have to play with calmness and be smart about it.” #fcblive
Every Cape Verde attack was being stopped by Cubarsí before it even started. Every Saudi attack was dealt with by Cubarsí. He was literally carrying the defense on his own.
This is the real level of Cubarsí when he’s not left exposed in an aggressive high-press system, and when he has a quality left-sided center-back like Laporte alongside him, plus intelligent full-backs like Cucurella and Porro.
A player who never gets the recognition he deserves, no matter how well he performs — and we all know why.