the tears of Ferran Torres after the Barça-Naples they reached the hearts of the Barça members and fans, who needed to rediscover the emotions and feelings of yesteryear in these bad times for poetry, more marked by the cold and depressing economy of the club than by a ball from the that finally speaks with enthusiasm.
It was logical to despair during the match with the opportunities missed by the 21-year-old Valencian striker, three of them very clear, but it was impossible not to empathize after the final whistle with a young player who reacted in a sincere and natural way, showing the same frustration that felt by all those present, in the Camp Nou or in their homes, without hiding his anger and his pain because things did not turn out the way he wanted. It is not an obligation to externalize it. It is already understood that other players who have ended up in a similar state of mind after an improvable individual performance have taken the penalty to the locker room or home. But Ferran He couldn’t hold back or wait and the cameras captured his crying.
Now that it is more difficult to win, it did not hurt the fans, also the journalist, to remember that in the new Barça, less impressive, footballers play under pressure who want to do well, many very young. Everything has a process with obstacles that must be overcome.
Ferran Torres will get over them. He already showed his character to take the ball with authority and shoot the penalty with quality that meant the final 1-1. It was not easy to assume that responsibility. At that time he had already forgiven a couple of times. Then others escaped.
In the evening, just a couple of hours after the match, he posted a message on social media, making it clear that he had assimilated what had happened and that he was focusing all his energy on continuing to improve. “This does not end here. The effort always ends up giving results”, he wrote on his twitter account.
And yesterday morning, in recovery training, he finally smiled, supported by his teammates. He is already. Go for Valencia and next Thursday, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, to pull out the thorn against Napoli to help Barça enter the round of 16 of the Europa League. It is the law of football. Only he can achieve with his performance that these tears will be remembered in the future as a springboard or an anecdote in a Barça career full of goals and assists.
Ferran Torres smiles in Friday training
His teammates were already the first to encourage him on the same pitch. Not just a veteran like Sergio Busquetsthe captain who has lived them in all colors, also players of his generation or similar as Eric Garcia, Arnau Tenas and Mingueza They came to convey that message of consolation and give him that much-needed pat on the back at a time like this, much more than a hug after a goal. In the locker room everyone made pineapple with him and Xavi He recalled at a press conference how bad it happened Luis Suarez in those first two months of the 2014-15 season, after the sanction for the bite, in which he only managed three goals. Perhaps there is no need to compare him with a ‘killer’ like the Uruguayan, who left in 2020 as the third top scorer in the club’s history with 198 goals. But Torres He has two goals in a month. It will go to more.
“The Barça shirt weighs a few kilos more. I am delighted to have Ferran Torres, it is a matter of time and of continuing to believe, he knows that he has our absolute trust. It will not affect him, I and the staff take care of that. He was pissed off with himself,” he said. Xaviin the line of Jordi Cruyff, who stated that “I’m sure he’ll score and be the hero. He is part of the youth and the desire. The most important thing is that he is where he has to be.” And a legend like Carles Puyol He passed sentence on Twitter: “Ferran Torres It will give us a lot of joy”.
He has already played in the three attacking positions, in all finding spaces for the shot and helping the team with intelligent movements. He has two goals, one in the Cup and another in the Europa League. More will come. He now he knows that people appreciate him. All with Ferran.