Gavi playing table football. Bucket returning to the Verneda of his childhood. Patri Guijarro remembering what his student landing at La Masia was like. Fermín practicing Catalan.
The five are the protagonists of the new audiovisual content on the Barça One platform and the five participated this Thursday in the presentation of these spaces together with the club president, Joan Laporta.
In an event that took place at the Antigua Fàbrica Damm, the footballers exchanged jokes and knowing glances, in line with the excellent sporting moment of both the men’s and women’s teams.
“I was very small and it was difficult for me, it has been difficult, but now it is a boom,” Fermín values.
Taking advantage of the fact that this Thursday the second part of the documentary of Gavi’s return to the playing fields is released, the midfielder took the lead at the start. In the new episode the Andalusian is seen playing table football in the locker room. “I don’t even lose at foosball,” he said, laughing. “We have money at stake, although not much. My foosball partner is Fermín,” he revealed. “I’m not that good, it’s just that they are playing all day, it seems like they are going to train to play foosball,” Balde added. “Flick comes and stays watching our table football games,” Gavi confessed. “I understand his English, it’s easy, but I answer him in Spanish…and he also understands me,” Barcelona’s number 6 was joking.
The other documentary that can be seen starting this Thursday is that of Patri Guijarro within the series “Nascudes per Juego”. “This makes me more nervous than scoring two goals in a Champions League final,” said the midfielder, who reviews her origins. “In one game I scored nine goals but the most important thing was coming to La Masia and being able to study here.”
Balde also detailed his beginnings. “When I return to La Verneda I return to my house. In the documentary you can see how we overcame difficult moments with my parents who are immigrants and have had to overcome themselves.”
He agrees that regarding Fermín’s humble origins. “I arrived at La Masia when I was 13 years old, I was very little, it was difficult for me, it was difficult, I had to go out to Linares but when I came back it was a boom,” said the Campillo player, who renewed this Thursday until 2029.
“My town is five kilometers from the Río Tinto mines, it is a mining town. My grandfather always worked in the mine and sacrificed a lot to help the family move forward, it is a source of pride,” Fermín recalled. His mother remembers him as “a mess.” And his grandmother says in her documentary that if she took the ball from his feet “it wouldn’t eat me.” His parents, present at the event, were excited. “At first it’s hard, 1,000 kilometers up and 1,000 down,” said his father.
Because family members have a fundamental role in all these audiovisual contents. “I started playing as a center back when I was 5 years old, my father and the coach didn’t let me play goalkeeper, but in the end I decided to play goalkeeper, because there is something about goalkeeping that called me,” said Cata Coll, who, like Gavi also had a serious knee injury. “You always think that it won’t happen to you, it’s like starting another life.”
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