Frenkie de Jong (26 years old) emerged as the MVP of the match Osasuna. The Dutch footballer showed one day that he is one of the most important players in the game. Barça of Xavi Hernandez and against ‘rojillos’ he completed more than impressive 90′ minutes.
The fourth captain of Barça spoke to the microphones of Movistar + after the end of the match and was satisfied with the success of the culé, which has not been able to win more than one goal for almost four months: “It is true that it has been a long time .because we won by two goals but it’s about playing and winning, we played seriously“.
The Dutchman praised the level of the rival, who knew how to close well at the back: “It was difficult to find spaces because they were closed well and very close. We needed a little more creativity and in the second it was better. The changes helped us with that”.
After 2-0, he is hoping for a good victory against Osasuna be a turning point: “Hopefully this is the start of that ‘click’. We have to improve, we have to improve, this is a relatively new team, there are many changes and you need time to get used to your teammates, we have also had a lot injury and now the final will be very good.”
Finally, he downplayed the importance of rest days (the Madrid he has one more because he played yesterday) and celebrated having sealed the match in 90 minutes: “There are two days to recover, more than enough. We don’t have to travel and we haven’t played extra time also, we will get ready.”
Source: La Verdad
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