Gavi’s celebration: Family dinner and locker room celebration

With dinner at the family home with his parents, Pablo and Gema, and his sister Aurora, Gavi ended a night to remember. The family celebration did not last long. It was very late and the next day it was time to train. And of course Gavi wanted to be fresh. Although he knows that he must be cautious, he wants to make it difficult for Hansi Flick when he has to define the starting elevens and changes against Bayern tomorrow in the Champions League and in the visit to the Bernabéu on Saturday. Gavi is one of those footballers who likes to celebrate successes in small committee.

Everything is explained by its origins. He grew up well surrounded by an environment that has protected and helped him during these 11 months in the dry dock. They are the same ones that took him from the Sevillian town of Los Palacios to Barcelona when he was 11 years old. “Dad, here are the best. I want to play here. And you don’t need to move to Barcelona,” Gavi told his father when he visited La Masia. By then, his personality was already overwhelming. On Sunday his parents experienced their son’s return against Sevilla with great emotion. They stay with the path and what they have learned. Also with the exchange of his son’s shirts with Jesús Navas, also from Los Palacios.

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In this film with a happy ending, the protection provided by his representative, Iván de la Peña, is also very important. Present on Sunday night in Montjuïc and after the match, the former Barcelona player went down to the grass next to Pablo Merino, one of the readapters and physiotherapists who have been in charge of the youth squad’s preparation. “The first week they told me with which physio I wanted to do the recovery and I chose Pablo. “I owe everything to him,” Gavi explained in the documentary he broadcast. Barça One . Also forming a circle, now without an audience in the stadium, were Andrés Martín, the club’s physical trainer who has worked with him since childhood, and Alejandro Echevarría, Joan Laporta’s right-hand man.

The player relived his return at the family home having dinner with his parents and sister

The latter was not there. Nor any member of the sports commission. This season it has been decided that they will not go down to see the footballers after the games. What happens in the locker room, stays in the locker room. Even so, the president was moved in the Montjuïc box watching Gavi reappear alongside the sports vice president Rafa Yuste. The stadium also resounded, reaching the best attendance of the season with 47,848 spectators, in the 83rd minute, when Gavi entered the playing field.

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With the match decided and leveled by the three goals from Pedri and Lewandowski, Gavi replaced the Canarian, one of his great supporters. Pedri had planned to give him the captain’s armband if the time came. The entire staff applauded his entrance. Hansi Flick wanted to hug him. He repeated when the challenge ended. “He played a good game and the atmosphere was very nice, it gave me goosebumps,” said the coach in the press room. He also commented that “his return is very important for the team” and highlighted his intensity. “Sometimes it would be nice if he were calmer, but we already know how he is,” he joked. “Seeing your team from the outside, every game, is very hard,” Gavi justified.

After the game, the youth player spoke with Hansi Flick: “You did very well,” the coach told him.

Another heartfelt congratulations came from Dr. Ricard Pruna, a key figure in his recovery, and the rest of the technical team. Everyone, along with Flick, told him that he had made a great comeback. He also exchanged messages with Flick’s predecessor, Xavi Hernández, who congratulated him on his return. They both have a very good relationship. In the locker room, Gavi, sitting between Ansu Fati and Araújo, celebrated his return with his teammates. “I’m very happy for you, little brother,” Ansu told him. “You are a titan,” Araújo added. The message that Gavi leaves in his companions is that it is forbidden to give up. Iñigo Martínez, another of his supporters, remembered it.

Gavi was one of the last to leave. And he did it with his shoelaces tied, breaking a custom he had since he was a juvenile. Because of his pre-match nerves, Gavi always tied knots that were too weak. That was before the injury. Now everyone knows that one day he will be captain.