Sad season in general terms and depressing last match against Villarreal with a 0-2 defeat at a boring Camp Nou. It was not the ideal scenario for the players who are going to leave Barça at the end of this course and the fans to connect emotionally at the time of goodbye. It was rather the day of the ‘clandestine’ farewells until Luuk de Jongwhom Xavi Hernandez he did not give minutes, he decided to take the step of thanking the support received by the followers in a club like the azulgrana with which he has felt identified. His teammates had already gone to the shower, but he put his hand on his heart to the applause of the few fans who had not yet left the stadium. His one-season loan is coming to an end and the man with the miraculous goals will return to Sevilla, the club with which he has a contract until 2023, with PSV on the prowl.
without playing, Luuk He had the emotional moment that fate denied the other loanee who will not continue at Barça although he did have minutes and as a starter. Adama Traorewith a contract with Wolverhampton until 2023, did not have a happy farewell because his substitution in the 57th minute for Ousmane Dembele It came just after his error in the clearance that cost the 0-2 of moi gomez. He didn’t deserve such an ending in a game where he was the only one trying things and where he was in the scoring photo because of his defensive generosity to help cover the unprotected back of Daniel Alves. Precisely the Brazilian if he took the affection of the stands when he was changed and he responded with a greeting. Farewell? Time will tell, but the Brazilian wants to continue.
It has also emerged that Xavi has already communicated to Oscar Mingueza, Riqui Puig, Samuel Umtiti and Martin Braithwaite that does not count on them for the next season. Although they are predisposed to leave, they have a valid contract and it is logical that until they know their destination they do not say goodbye because it would not be the first time that one ends up staying.
And then there’s goodbye Dembele, who finishes contract and still without renewing. Few are already betting on his continuity. He, in a summary of his stay at Barça, changed the applause, after a couple of shots, for the whistles, after a bad control, in a few minutes. That yes, neither a gesture nor a grimace in the face that allows to say that he was saying goodbye to the Camp Nou after five years. French is indecipherable, as usual.
Whistleblowers were also won over by the team in general for the game and for a vulgar season. There was only room for a few laughs with the pumpkins from Mbappe to Real Madrid. His name was chanted. From a PSG player, yes. Soccer stuff.
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