On January 19, 2002, the Barcelona he was about to play against him Vallecano Ray. The Blaugrana team concentrated on the Hotel Hesperia Madrid and the digital newspaper micanoa.com published the same morning of the game that five club players organized an orgy the night before the game at the hotel. Troy burned and the following Monday Barça called a press conference in which Anton Parera, por at that time general director of Barcelona, pronounced one of the phrases that should be in the Barça museum: “The only thing that happened in that hotel is that some ladies from Cuenca arrived who wanted the players to sign some banners.”
Sitting next to Parera at that press conference Sergi Barjuan appeared, named yesterday as interim coach from Barça until Xavi Hernández lands. Sergi, a guy from the house more culé than the shield, had come that season to fulfill his dream of being the Blaugrana captain. At the exit of that press conference, he commented to a group of acquaintances: “I’ve come to the best place at the worst time.”
Then almost 20 years then history repeats itself and Sergi arrives again at the dreamed position at the worst moment possible. Yesterday he was appointed interim coach of FC Barcelona, it is not known if for one, two or three games, until the more than foreseeable arrival of Xavi on the bench.
This appearing when no one expects it is not a novelty for Sergi Barjuan, who debuted in Barcelona without anyone waiting for him in 1993 in a Champions League match at the Ali Sami Yen in Istanbul against Galatasaray. Before the lack of interiors, Johan Cruyff went to the subsidiary and he recruited a 21-year-old boy who he put the number 11 on his back to play on the left wing.
Sergi completed a great game and he no longer moved from the starting team acting as a left back and becoming an international for Spain and captain of Barça.
Since yesterday at least temporarily he is the coach of Barça. It is not the best time to be, but for him it is the best place he can be.
Yesterday afternoon led his first training. He arrived at the Ciutat Esportiva accompanied by Laporta and today he will give his first press conference in the preview of the game tomorrow Saturday at 9 pm against Alavés. On Tuesday, if Xavi does not arrive earlier, he will play a momentous match against Dynamo Kiev.