Joan Laporta He took advantage of the morning of the eve of the Spanish Super Cup final to meet again Nasser Al Attiyahfive-time champion in Dakar, great rival of Carlos Sainz and admit to being a fan of FC Barcelona in addition to being a member of the Qatari royal family and a cousin of the owner of Paris Saint-Germain.
Accompanied by managers transferred to Saudi Arabia (Rafa Yuste, Xavi Puig, Joan Soler, Ángel Riudalbàs, Xavier Barbany and Miquel Camps), the president of Barça is in the Rally camp invited by the Saudi Sports Minister, Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal. “We were brought by the minister, who invited us and it was a great honor to take advantage of the fact that we were in Riyadh. It’s a day off, but I’ve been told that it’s a relative because everyone has motorcycles, cars and trucks,” he said. Reporterglad to see Al Attiyah: “We have also visited Nasserwe know him and he is a fan of Barça. The truth is that it is very interesting to see inside. What we usually see is the race but there is a lot of work behind it and the organization of Saudi Arabiapeople are very satisfied because they are organizing a great Dakar”.
Laporta decided that the Barça club could have any involvement in the biggest of the ‘raids’. “We have discussed it with the minister but it is not easy. They have asked us about it once. I imagine but when we see everything it carries and represents, it’s not easy. Furthermore, in Barça If we participate in a competition we want to win and here are very prepared and very good people. We would have to have a very good driver and a great team,” he assured the evacuated Spanish media.
About the final of Super Cup, is optimistic: “We are looking to repeat what we did last year, which was a good football spectacle and we played a great game. We are convinced that we will fight for victory, the players are very united and focused. “We will fight to win the final.”
And returning to Dakar, recounted what he discovered at the camp: “Now they show us the riders who are perhaps more authentic, the ones who need to fix their motorcycles. What they’re doing is amazing because it’s kind of going back to how it used to be Dakar original and with fewer resources than other competitors. I found it very interesting.
Source: La Verdad
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