Rafinha Alcantara owes “everything” to Barça. This is how he acknowledges it in an interview with Le Parisien in which he reviews his first months in the PSG and talks about the future clash against the Barça club with the comeback in the background. “They gave me everything. I learned almost everything at the Barça training center. I am very fond of that period. I grew up in Barcelona, I lived there for 13 years, I also feel Catalan. I learned as a footballer with Barça but also as a person in this city. For me, Barça will always be special ”, recognizes Rafinha, who started as a Barça player in the historic 6-1 comeback against PSG. However, this week he will be a rival of the club of his loves.
Rafinha assures that he understands the suffering of PSG after the historic night. “What club would not have suffered after the comeback?” Asks the Spanish-Brazilian, who highlights that “luck is that today we have the opportunity to compensate for the comeback, to achieve a great game and to remove this thorn in our feet What annoying here in Paris ”.
I can tell you that all the players of this club want to enter the field and win this match
On whether he can help his teammates who suffered the comeback, such as Kurzawa, Marquinhos or Verratti, Rafinha is resounding. “Help them, no. They don't need help to know that they have a great opportunity, to find motivation for such a match. I can tell you that all the players of this club want to enter the field and win this match. The key will be this motivation that everyone will find in order to beat Barça ”, says the midfielder.
Neymar is now a man and a more mature player
Rafinha has also referred to how his reunion with Neymar. “We haven't been in the same locker room for four or five years, but I see a person who has evolved. He is a player and a more mature man. Now he is 29 years old, time flies. I really see him as more mature ”, he assured.