Last year was a very special weekend for him

But the arrival of Ernesto Valverde to the bench, accompanied, why not say it, by the goodbye of Neymar again opened an exciting horizon to that of L’Hospitalet, which he has known how to fully exploit. All the left lane free, which has allowed him to be the owner and lord of his ‚highway‘, but also to respond to a great physical demand, since he has also had to defend and be a key part of a rear that, Roman and punctual debacles aside, it has shown great consistency. The change in diet and stability with fatherhood included have led him to maximum performance. 

But it is true, where Jordi Alba excels is in the offensive aspect, an essential side of his career in a team like Barça. The one from L’Hospitalet has dressed this campaign as a luxury assistant. Eight of his goal passes have been for Leo Messi, the last one a sublime high heel in the final of the Copa del Rey against Sevilla. The other three were assigned to Luis Suárez, on two occasions, and to Paco Alcácer. All with his left foot, except twice when he used the resource of his head to leave his partner in an unbeatable position.

Jordi Alba has also contributed two goals to a full season. Both in the League. In Mestalla there was an exchange of roles and it was Messi who assisted him with a nice hat for the side’s volley. Golazo. And in Ipurua, he was ready to pick up Dmitrovic’s rejection of the shot, of course, by Leo Messi.

Alba is one of the few members of the squad who does not have a replacement with similar characteristics. Lucas Digne has been relegated to inconsequential matches or those rare occasions in which the Catalan has not been able to play due to injury or suspension. And it is that, right now, the difference is abysmal. A great year that has not ended yet for Jordi, who still has the World Cup with the ‚Red‘, where he is fixed on the left side.

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Alba ends his contract in 2020 and has already said that he only thinks about Barça. It will not take long for an improvement according to his level to ‚fall‘.

It was again a third free training of the traditional ones in the small category. All hurrying in the last bars to find the good lap with which to try to lead the session or to get among the fourteen drivers who go directly to Q2. But this time, that strategy did not work for virtually anyone.

09/12/2020 at 09:57 CEST

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On a short and buzzing circuit, more like a karting, such as the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, everyone found themselves immersed in intense traffic with which they could not improve their times practically anything. Slipstream game in action but with so many people in the braking rush and cornering that almost no tenth was earned. One of the clear examples was played by Jeremy Alcoba. The one from Tortosa came in red in the third sector, but when he met many riders in the final section of the fast zone, he made him sneak in and take an excursion through the colorful asphalt escape that deprived him of getting that good record. All this made the best time in FP3 to end up being the one that John McPhee had set moments before everyone headed towards the pit lane to face that last ‚run‘.

Things, yes, were the tightest at the top of the time table. And it is that the first six pilots were compressed in less than one tenth. Specifically in 90 thousandths. McPhee, Vietti, Arenas, Fernández, Rodrigo and Migno were separated by the blink of an eye. Of all these pilots, it should be noted that Celestino Vietti crashed up to two times throughout this FP3. He did it first in Turn 2 and already in the last minutes in Turn 8. Meanwhile, Albert Arenas was one of the few who took advantage of those last bars of the session. The leader of the World Cup did not manage to dominate the training but he did climb to that third place.

The fourteen drivers who got directly into Q2 are: McPhee, Vietti, Arenas, Fernández, Rodrigo, Migno, García Dols, Ogura, Suzuki, Foggia, Nepa, Alcoba, Masià and Salac.

The times of the FP3 of Moto3:

1. JOHN MCPHEE (1: 42.415)

2. Celestino Vietti (+0.002)

3. Albert Arenas (+0.022)

4. Raúl Fernández (+0.057)

5. Gabriel Rodrigo (+0.064)

6. Andrea Migno (+0.090)

7. Sergio García Dols (+0.123)

8. Ai Ogura (+0.218)

9. Tatsuki Suzuki (+0.302)

Suzuki resurfaces in Misano

Fernández is very fast and consistent shooting solo

10. Dennis Foggia (+0.413)

Last year was a very special weekend for him. Tatsuki Suzuki won at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli and took the podium with the father of the late Marco, Paolo Simoncelli, to celebrate his triumph. It is a circuit that is becoming a fetish for the Japanese rider. And it is that after a first triplet of this season in which it was diluted a lot and was practically not seen among the top positions, it seems that Suzuki has resurfaced in Misano.

Sep 11, 2020 at 2:26 pm CEST

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Best time for the Sic58 Squadra Corse pilot in a second small class free practice which was somewhat slower than the morning session. Raúl Fernández, third in this FP2, finished the day as the fastest rider in Moto3. In fact, the Madrid native was only 71 thousandths behind Tatsuki Suzuki. But if the differences were not close enough, it was necessary to add another pilot who was sandwiched between the Japanese and Fernández. It was none other than the leader of the World Cup; Albert Arenas. The Girona rider was even separated by fewer thousandths of Suzuki: 50 specifically.

Already at more than one tenth the first two Italian riders in the category were found. It was the two partners in the Sky VR46 Racing Team. Andrea Migno and Celestino Vietti, who returned to work as a team as usual for them, were fourth and fifth respectively. The other transalpine rider who made the Top10 was Leopard Racing; Dennis Foggia.

Meanwhile, as far as Spanish drivers are concerned, apart from Arenas and Fernández, Sergio García Dols and Jaume Masià were also among the top ten places. The two Valencians were seventh and eighth respectively.

In the last bars of the session there were several falls. Among them were important pilots such as Ai Ogura and Gabriel Rodrigo. All wanted to press in the last minutes looking for a ‚time attack‘ that, for many of them, was not completed. Furthermore, it should be noted that, as in Brno, some drivers were penalized for going too slow in FP1. Some missed the first ten minutes and other repeat offenders fifteen of activity on the track.

The times of the Moto3 FP2:

1. TATSUKI SUZUKI (1: 42.783)

2. Albert Arenas (+0.050)

3. Raúl Fernández (+0.071)

4. Andrea Migno (+0.101)

5. Celestino Vietti (+0.207)

6. John McPhee (+0.267)

7. Sergio García Dols (+0.362)

8. Jaume Masià (+0.372)

9. Dennis Foggia (+0.380)

Fernández is very fast and consistent shooting solo

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10. Filip Salac (+0.397)

Despite the fact that things are a bit complicated for him in races, in terms of practice sessions he has everything much clearer. There are already eight sessions so far this season that have ended up being signed and dominated by the same name; by Raúl Fernández.

Sep 11, 2020 at 10:04 am CEST

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The Madrid rider started the weekend at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli showing once again that he has the speed to be at the top, between the leading positions in both the race and the championship. In fact he managed to sign a very good time to start the activity on the track. Furthermore, he did it by shooting completely alone. Without any help from references or gossip that was worth. He was only able to put a world into the rest, despite the fact that in the last bars the registers tightened somewhat.

The one closest to Fernández was Gabriel Rodrigo, second classified. The number 2 of the Kömmerling Gresini stayed just over two tenths of the Madrid’s best record and once again made it clear that, like Raúl, in training he is a pilot to take into account among the top positions. Already behind ‚Rodri‘, the rest were beyond half a second of difference with respect to Raúl Fernández. Among the Spanish pilots, the leader of the World Championship also entered the Top10; Albert Arenas. The ’75‘ was eighth more than eight tenths apart. Of course, he seemed to take it with a little more calm than those drivers framed among the first ten places.

The small category mounts suffered somewhat in this FP1, especially in the first part of the session. The resurfacing of the track has left the track somewhat bumpy, an aspect that affects Moto3 more. In the last ‚run‘, in the last bars, things seemed to improve somewhat. At least as far as grip is concerned.

The times of the FP1 of Moto3:

1. RAÚL FERNÁNDEZ (1: 42.501)

2. Gabriel Rodrigo (+0.234)

3. Ayumu Sasaki (+0.566)

4. John McPhee (+0.627)

5. Celestino Vietti (+0.645)

6. Stefano Nepa (+0.793)

7. Tony Arbolino (+0.799)

8. Albert Arenas (+0.817)

9. Tatsuki Suzuki (+0.899)

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Celestino Vietti’s first World Cup victory

10. Sergio García Dols (+0.917)

Jordi Alba ends his contract in 2020 and since the beginning of last year his agent, Vicente Forés, has been waiting for the call that he was told would take place to renew the player. Contacted by SPORT to find out how the negotiations were, this was his response: “Raül Sanllehí was still at the club when they told us not to worry, that they were going to call us to renew.