Barcelona will visit Getafe's Coliseum Alfonso in the fourth round in the context of their main competitor, Real Madrid, having had a bad start to the season. After 3 rounds, Barca has 9 points while Real only has 5, if they win, the "Giants" have the opportunity to widen the gap to 7 points.
However, despite the opponent being Getafe, Valverde's army almost left with only 1 point. But luckily, the "savior" appeared in time in the 84th minute to bring home the goal to seal the score at 2-1, thereby helping Barca smile when leaving.
That person is of course not Suarez or Messi but Paulino - a rookie who only cost £40 million in the summer transfer window that Barca bought from Guangzhou Huang Dai, a club in China. Before that, Paulinho had a period of playing for Tottenham.
When Paulinho first arrived at Barca, he was considered a "buy-in" contract that President Bartomeu wanted to appease fans. 40 million pounds is too small for the current context of money-making football. Bartomeu was even criticized by Barca fans for why he bought a "ship" that seemed to be "out of stock" to replace Neymar.
Paulinho debuted at the Bernabeu with 2,000 spectators and a disastrous drop shot. That day, the Paulinho-printed shirt was only sold for 1 copy. Barca fans have formed a Facebook group to boycott Paulinho and Bartomeu, calling him Paulinho by the nickname "Pauchina", implying that he is a poor quality "ship" and of course, there is no support for the Brazilian midfielder.
However, in response to that indifference, Paulinho did not take the time to "fight" the fans on social media. He was still as quiet as usual and the moment the midfielder fired a shot from a tight angle into the Getafe net, all the players, coaching staff and Barca fans at Coliseum Alfonso jumped up and shouted in joy. As for Paulinho, he put his index finger on his mouth to give to those who criticized him.
Paulinho has shown that playing in the Chinese league does not affect the qualities he possesses. Still using the familiar acceleration, a reasonable passing situation and a useful hammer shot brought victory to Barca like that.
Perhaps now, those who used to call him "Pauchina" have had other more friendly looks. As for Barca, they are somewhat reassured because there is always someone behind Messi, Suarez to share the fire at any time.
That person is Paulinho, a real Brazilian star, not a bad "ship".
