VASILIS BARKAS was awarded the man of the match after his loan side Utrecht kept their first clean sheet of the season. It came in a goalless draw against Cambuur.
Twee keepers en twee doelpuntenmakers; dit zijn de 4๏ธโฃ spelers die zijn uitgeroepen tot KPN Man of the Match!
๐ Xavi Simons
๐ Vasilios Barkas
๐ Lucas Bernadou
๐ Andries Noppert— ESPN NL (@ESPNnl) August 13, 2022
Fotmob state that Barkas made ten saves while the opposition had an expected goals of 1.45. He seems to have been a standout for his side in the second match of their domestic campaign.
After the match, Barkas admitted he couldn’t be happy with the team failing to pick up an expected three points at home.
๐ Doelman ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ over #utrcam
๐จ '๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ'#fcutrecht #vanuithethart pic.twitter.com/srdDRD59oa
— FC Utrecht (@fcutrecht) August 13, 2022
Celtic Revival For Barkas?
It’s unlikely Barkas will work his way back into the Celtic team. The Hoops have two great goalies in Joe Hart and Ben Siegrist; it’s going to take something special to displace them.
Celtic will be hoping that Barkas can perform well this season in the hope his value can increase and they can recoup as much of the ยฃ5 million they spent on him as they can.
