Axel Allag, Media365, published on Monday October 21, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.
Sunday evening, the great success of FC Barcelona against FC Sevilla (5-1) was marked by the return to competition of Gavi. The promising midfielder had not stepped on the pitch in competition for 349 days.
He was waiting for this moment. Sunday evening, while Barça was playing its football and leading 4-0, in the 83rd minute, Gavi recovered the armband passed on by his teammate Pedri, who was leaving the field to give way to his young partner trained at the club. For 349 days, and his terrible rupture of a cruciate ligament in his right knee which occurred during the match between Spain and Georgia (3-1) in qualifying for Euro 2024 which he missed, the midfielder of the field only thought of a return to the field.
Sunday evening, it was under the cheers of the public at the Lluís Companys stadium in Montjuic that the midfielder finally regained his sensations, managing to touch a few balls and see his team calmly win (5-1) to continue his good man way before a crucial week (reception of Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday then Clasico at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid on Saturday). Faced with the media, it was mainly relief that prevailed for the young 20-year-old.
Gavi dreamed of it, Flick had “goosebumps”
“I am very happy to be back in the team after such a long time. The truth is that I have been dreaming of this moment for many months and I am grateful to my teammates because they made it easier for me. My worst memory? Watching your team from the outside, in every match, is very difficult. You have to take advantage of every moment and appreciate things,” he summed up, also thanking Pedri for his gesture with the armband.
His coach, Hansi Flick, could not hide his strong emotion after this important moment in Barça’s season. “I’m very happy for Gavi. His return gave me goosebumps. It was important for him and for the team that he came back. Today (Sunday, editor’s note), that was his goal. He wanted to be on the bench and his dream was to play five minutes. The whole club is happy for him,” summed up the German technician.
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