It's Dani Olmo on the dot on the Barça clock.

At Barcelona, ​​they're clear about the time the clock strikes for the final. It's Dani Olmo's hour on the dot. Without registration delays and without awkward breaks due to injuries. The Terrassa midfielder's football can finally shine, without noise, controversy, and breakdowns. Only with the precision of his boots. The date is today, it's a derby, and it's with the Cup at stake. It's time for the star signing to make the difference.

Just days away from turning 27, Olmo could make his debut as a starter in a Clásico against Madrid, ahead of Fermín and Gavi, and win his second trophy as a Blaugrana, following the Super Cup in January. This time, he's in top form for the final, free from interference and in great form, as evidenced by the two goals he scored against Celta Vigo , which kicked off the comeback, and against Mallorca, which earned him three golden points in the fight for La Liga .

12 goals for Dinamo Zagreb in the 18-19 season He didn't start in the first two Clásicos of the season but has already scored 10 goals, a figure he hasn't reached since Croatia.

Neither at the Bernabéu nor in the Spanish Super Cup final in Jeddah did Olmo start the match. In October, he came on in Madrid with the score tied at 2-0. He replaced Casadó in the 65th minute, an attacking change that paid off when Barcelona scored two more goals (0-4). In Saudi Arabia, the team took advantage of the window in which Iñaki Peña came on after Szczesny's red card to also bring on Olmo for Gavi. Although the final was already decided at 5-1, it ended 5-2.

There, in Arabia, Olmo received the CSD's precautionary measure. For three months, he played with the sword of Damocles, knowing it was a provisional decision —it was noticeable in his more subdued play (just two goals, against Las Palmas and a penalty against Osasuna )—until the body ruled in his favor on the merits of the matter on April 3. That freed him.

In progression He followed a planned return: a few minutes in Dortmund, half an hour against Celta, and a full hour against Mallorca.

Despite muscular and bureaucratic problems, Olmo has already scored ten goals, a tally he hasn't had since leaving Dinamo Zagreb for the Bundesliga . It was there that Flick met and suffered with him, and now enjoys him and has even played him as a false 9, as he did against Betis in the Cup.

Injured a month ago in the ill-timed Barça-Osasuna game , and shoehorned in just days before the international match, Olmo has made a gradual and progressive return: a few minutes in Dortmund in the Champions League , half an hour against Celta Vigo, and an hour against Mallorca . If he's also proven anything in this first season, it's that he's picking up form extremely quickly. His refined technical quality does the rest.

The precautionary measure was provisional Since the CSD ruled in his favor on April 3, the player has been free and has expressed his football

The clock is ticking, and perhaps the Terrassa-born playmaker's greatest asset is his ability to quickly turn around and see the game in front of him, something that facilitates Barça 's attacks while making them sharper and more surgical. Olmo knows La Cartuja well, having played two Euro 2021 matches there with Spain, against Sweden (0-0) and Poland (1-1). He didn't score or win, and he wants tonight to be different. It's the appointed day and the appointed time for Dani Olmo.