The finale was so intense that it left statements to match. The most striking thing was the radical change of tone of Barça’s sporting director, Jordi Torras, which the opponent admitted, between what he said at half-time and what he said at the end. “In the first half I hated the mother who gave birth to them and now I’m proud of this team. We needed it. So congratulations. To all the casualties, what happened to Pito, what happened to Diego and happy to Velasco, who deserves it more than anyone,” he told ‘Esport 3’ while congratulating the culé coach. At intermission, Torras criticized the team “how they got out of the final, with five or six more marches from El Pozo, if we continue like this we will lose, we have to change because this Barça is made to win titles.”
Already with the Cup, Velasco said that “of all the titles in my career, this one has the most merit, because of how everything was overcome.” Injuries aside, all culé voices point to arbitration. “The refereeing was surreal, I said winning, a fucking shame,” said Torras. Velasco was less direct but he pointed out “that what happened to Pito was not an act and they should have gone to him.” And the MVP Catela concluded: “The expulsion of Pito was unfair, and we lost Diego, but we played a good game,” he said.
“The wall,” said Pito when he crossed paths with Barça goalkeeper Miquel Feixas, another of the heroes of the final. “My red card was unfair, that’s why we deserved to win, also because of the losses. They should look at the VAR. But hey, we won. It’s the most brutal Cup of all because of the losses and the circumstances,” said the Barça star.
Culé goalkeeper Didac is as smart as he is grateful. “We dedicate it to the doctors, who suffered a lot this season with us. This Cup is like no other,” the goalkeeper told Esport 3.
Barça manager Aureli Mas thinks he is after so much suffering. “I don’t know what celebration we will do but it will be well deserved,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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