Maybe probably the most unlikely hero of Barcelona’s present title cost, Wojciech Szczesny has gained over not solely supervisor Hansi Flick, however lots of the Blaugrana fanbase together with his relaxed persona, humour, and a collection of fine performances. Regardless of a shaky begin in 2025, the Polish veteran, who got here out of retirement to affix the membership in October, is now the undisputed primary forward of Inaki Pena.
He was signed on account of an harm to Barcelona captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who was dominated out of motion till at the least April if not Might. Current studies have claimed that Barcelona need to preserve Szczesny by subsequent season, with the 34-year-old competing alongside the Germany worldwide.
“I don’t assume I’m 100% match but. My greatest kind continues to be but to come back,” he informed Eleven Sports activities, as quoted by Sport.
“He is an distinctive participant. It is unbelievable to see how he controls the tempo of the sport, is aware of when to push ahead, when to drag again. He is aware of when to speed up and when to decelerate. There is not any different participant like him proper now.”
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“It’ll most likely be time quickly to decide about my future. An important factor now could be to focus all my bodily and psychological vitality on the upcoming matches. We’ve got to play our greatest.”
Initially it was thought that Szczesny would solely come out of retirement till the top of the season, however Szczesny has spoken about how content material he’s at Barcelona on a number of events. Flick can have a bigger determination to make on the primary spot when ter Stegen returns to health.
“I can’t complain about destiny. I’ve to be very grateful for the way it’s handled me. Taking part in for Barca could be very thrilling as a result of it’s a really lovely sport, one thing utterly completely different from what I’ve skilled up till now.”
“I don’t prefer to make comparisons in life, however I can say that at Juventus, all the pieces revolves across the consequence. The result’s a very powerful factor. Right here at Barca, there’s monumental pleasure in the kind of soccer being performed, and that’s contagious. It’s very shocking to see what number of hundreds of thousands of persons are watching what’s taking place.”
The interview was carried out within the aftermath of Barcelona’s dramatic comeback victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday night time, because the Blaugrana scored two stoppage time targets to win 4-2 on the Metropolitano.
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“We received this win and we’re glad, however it’s true that I really feel just a little sorry for the opponent. On this sport, you need to be daring. Soccer is brutal, and it was clear that Atletico lacked power on the finish.”
Szczesny and Barcelona might be again in motion towards Atletico on their return from the worldwide break, coming again to the Metropolitano on the second of April for the second leg of their Copa del Rey conflict. Tied at 4-4 from the primary encounter, if Szczesny can proceed his run of by no means having tasted defeat whereas taking part in for Barcelona, then they can even have a Copa del Rey remaining to look ahead to.