Sergi Roberto has been the preferred right-back for a while now, but has Nélson Semedo finally overtaken him?
It was Roberto who started in Barcelona’s 5-1 triumph over Real Madrid, and their 6-1 demolition of Sevilla in the Copa del Rey, perhaps the biggest matches the team had played in domestic competition before the previous meeting with Madrid in the cup. For that match, Semedo did start, but there was an argument that it was simply due to rotation. After all, Jasper Cillessen and Malcom, to name a few, were also given starts.