Sergio Busquets denies retirement

The impossible is not so impossible when it comes to a sport as extreme and changing as football.

(Badia, 1988)

had to discover it

in his own professional home.

On the sunny afternoon of May 12, 2019, five days after

suffered the continental disaster of

(4-0), the one who attended the

was

de

.

Barça

won the match (2-0).

The fans found their hero,

.

But also his villain, Sergio Busquets.

It was the day that the stadium elevated the Chilean, one of the scorers.

It was also the day that the fans charged viciously against the historic midfielder.

Busquets had lost up to eight balls in the first half hour of the game.

He found no forgiveness, only the hiss.

Pep Guardiola

, who debuted in the League with a defeat in

, sent Busquets flying on September 13, 2008 with

in another setback, a Barça-Racing (1-1) that was nothing more than the preamble to an unrepeatable era.

Since then, the Barça team's midfield has always featured the ungainly figure of a midfielder who has been pushed to the limit for more than a decade.

Both in his club and in the Spanish team.

There are his 698 official matches (581 with Barcelona, ​​117 with Spain) in 12 years.

This summer, once the

disaster

(2-8 against

) was

consummated

in a season in which Barcelona was left empty of titles,

appeared as appropriately condemned.

Whether it was because of his age, because of his high salary, or because he was one of the great leaders of the old wardrobe guard.

The signing of

after the exchange with

led the club's leaders to think of a Barça without Busquets.

But he had three years left on his contract.

In addition,

always thought that he could win back the midfielder for the cause, no matter how much the Bosnian could offer him relief.

Physical loads, new drawing and freedom

The key, yes, it was not only Busquets, of those who most appreciated the increase in physical loads.

But a system change based on the double pivot (4-2-3-1), and the figure of a guard, not a

:

.

It should be the student who was helping the teacher now.

Who will free him from any shackle in the wide area and will avoid certain defensive efforts, especially in those transitions that ended up haunting the football of Busquets.

When Koeman called up Busquets in that week in which the Dutchman got rid of the remaining pieces and assured himself the confidence of a new hard core, the coach told him in his office that he would continue to be a key footballer.

Both in the scheme and in the group dynamics of the house.

But that he would have to be helped.

Busquets was again voted by his teammates as second captain.

And perhaps the main captaincy would have remained if

, one of his great friends in the dressing room, had managed to flee the club.

"All the midfielders in the world who want to evolve must look at Busquets," claimed

, one of the scourges of Barça in Lisbon and who has exported his excellence to Anfield.

Thiago met again in September with Busquets in the Spanish team, where

has not withdrawn confidence in the midfielder either.

Luis Enrique, from anger to blind trust

What Busquets continues to offer the coach outweighs old quarrels.

Like those that sprouted during his last stage of coexistence at Barça.

The night that the Barça team was devastated by PSG at the Parc des Princes (4-0), Busquets pointed out his coach without hesitation and spoke of "tactical and planning errors."

Luis Enrique, who later forgave him, did not hide his anger in an interview with

: «Some players spoke when I always defended them.

They were wrong.

I felt very hurt and I told who I should.

To the face as always ».

Busquets' soccer never escaped redemption.

Koeman has nailed him to the starting position both in his two official matches (Villarreal and Celta) and in the Gamper.

His presence is also expected today against Sevilla.

In Balaídos, Busquets passed more than anyone (75), stole more than anyone (4) and ran 11.4 km more than anyone.

His story is not over.

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