The match against Granada at the Nuevo Los Cármenes served for Barcelona to confirm their good sensations in this start to 2021. Barca racked up their 3rd consecutive win and moved third in the table.
The good performances of Leo Messi and Antoine Griezmann (both with a brace) eclipsed the rest of their teammates, but in the Catalan defence, there was a player that finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
And due to the injury of Ronald Araujo in the warm-up, Ronald Koeman was forced to place a Samuel Umtiti in the starting XI who started again for the first time in 6 months.
The ex-Lyon player, who has been suffering from physical problems for more than two years, didn't fall out of line and completed a good match in which he was practically unbeatable and didn't make any mistakes.
Despite his lack of minutes (he had only played 55 this season), the France international CB didn't notice the inactivity and yielded to a more than acceptable level that excites a coaching staff a little again that, if they manage to fully recover Umtiti, will have an elite centre-back of guarantees for the second half of the season.