He cannot be a substitute, Julián Álvarez's lesson to Guardiola after entering

Julián Álvarez once again exposed Josep Guardiola. The Spanish coach decided to bench the Argentine for the second consecutive game in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League despite the fact that the Spider was precisely the hero of the Ciudadanos' two victories in this edition. The Cordoban converted last weekend to open the scoring against Brighton in the Premier League, but he had also scored and assisted on the previous Orejona matchday to break the tie against RB Leipzig at the end. However, neither that nor having been chosen as the player of the month on the citizen team seemed to convince Pep.

Thus, the treble champion visited Young Boys with the former River Plate attacker on the substitute bench. As expected, he would have his chance in the complement and so it was. The '9' of the Argentine National Team replaced Matheus Nunes in the 72nd minute and in a matter of seconds he showed Guardiola that he was wrong to sit him down. At 74', Julián sneaked into the area and made it 3-1 that ended the match.

However, after the celebration, the VAR called the match referee to review the play and the goal ended up being annulled due to a handball by Jack Grealish in the making of the play. Although the goal did not rise to the scoreboard, it was still demonstrated how lethal Álvarez is in the area. In fact, in the last edition something similar had already happened when he entered against Real Madrid in the rematch of the semifinals, when he scored on the first ball he touched, although that time it was worth it.

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Erling Haaland converted the score 2-1 from a penalty at 67' and then, at 86', he finished off the action with a formidable right foot that nailed the rival goalkeeper's left corner. However, with his double he barely has two goals in three games in this edition of the Orejona, which places him below Julián, who has three goals.