“Today I would be nothing without the opportunity they gave me at Eibar”

The progression of Marc Cucurella It has been meteoric. He arrived at Eibar on the last day of the summer market of the 2018/19 season being practically a stranger and now he has just been called up with the absolute Spanish team. He landed in Ipurua having played only a full Second Division course with the Barça subsidiary, but had not even made his debut in the top flight. It was difficult for him to adapt to what he was asking for Jose Luis Mendilibar and during the first third of the competition it hardly had a leading role. However, two years later, he is one of the most prominent players in Primera in the left winger position, where he began to exploit his virtues under the command of the Zaldibar coach, who decided to advance his demarcation with great success. The 22-year-old Catalan appeared before the media in Getafe days before facing the gunsmith team and acknowledges the difficulty of his next league appointment. “The Eibar field is very complicated. It will be a tough game but I think we can get something positive, “he says.

Further, Cucurella He recognizes that Sunday will be a beautiful day for him to return to a place where he was very happy. “I will always have a special affection for Eibar. Today it would be nothing without the opportunity they gave me ”, he concludes.