That of Javi Puado (Barcelona, 1998) is the story that any youth squad dreams of.
He arrived at Espanyol at a young age and, little by little, has established himself in the first team.
His contribution was key last year to seal the return to First, in 2021 in which he also added an Olympic silver.
The Blue and Whites are going through a bump in results, but, in their opinion, nothing better than the derby to get back on track.
And, incidentally, achieve a triumph that has been resisting them for a long time.
What are your feelings right now in the team? I feel good, really, both physically and mentally, with motivation and confidence.
It is true that we are now going through a bad run, but there is no better game than the derby to turn it around. What keys do you consider to be vital to overcome the pothole? few goals.
The key is to become strong defensively again and do more damage in attack than we do. As a child, he went through the Barça youth academy.
What did that passage through the great rival bring to his game? It was my base as a footballer.
From there I grew, but my time at Cornellà also gave me a lot to grow as an athlete and as a person. And what about your time at the blue and white academy? I got older, there you start to see more real football, so to speak,
because you are already starting to play in the Third Division, in Second B or even in the First Division.
When I arrived at the subsidiary, I broke my cruciate, I spent almost the whole year without playing and I had to get my feelings back, but I want to thank the club for the opportunity it gave me to debut in the First Division and consolidate myself.
They have always given me a lot of confidence. Even Real Madrid came knocking on their door, but the president vetoed that operation.
How do you remember that moment? First I got injured, but I know that in the last league games they were already watching me.
So, I renewed with Espanyol, I did the preseason with the first team and towards the end of the market I remember that they called me again to join their subsidiary on loan.
Everything was done, even the B coach said so at a press conference, but on Sunday night everything was broken.
And I even had my bags packed... Consolidating has not been easy.
Does that make you value it even more? Yes, of course.
As a youth player, apart from making my debut, I've always wanted to stay in the first team.
At Zaragoza I grew as a footballer and matured.
When they give you minutes, you learn a lot, you gain experience and I have been able to transfer all of that to Espanyol.Did the fact that his father had been a footballer help you see everything in perspective?Yes, without a doubt.
In the end, he didn't tell me many things about what I should do either, but he has always helped me, giving me advice about what happens both on and off the pitch. now. My father tells me that everything has changed a lot, both physically and tactically.
Now things are worked a lot more,
He tells me that they didn't work so hard before.
We even focus on very specific things.
Technology also helps and everything has become much more professional. It has been 15 years since the last time Espanyol beat Barça at home and 13 since the last Blue and White victory.
Is it time to break that streak? Of course.
The sooner the better.
It's been many years without beating them, in Cornellà we haven't achieved it yet.
For us, it is very important to take this victory. How do you think they can do more damage to Barça? To beat Barça we have to play a perfect game.
They have been reinforced with winter signings and that will help them.
It is clear that it is difficult, but we work every week to take the victory.
Technology also helps and everything has become much more professional. It has been 15 years since the last time Espanyol beat Barça at home and 13 since the last Blue and White victory.
Is it time to break that streak? Of course.
The sooner the better.
It's been many years without beating them, in Cornellà we haven't achieved it yet.
For us, it is very important to take this victory. How do you think they can do more damage to Barça? To beat Barça we have to play a perfect game.
They have been reinforced with winter signings and that will help them.
It is clear that it is difficult, but we work every week to take the victory.
Technology also helps and everything has become much more professional. It has been 15 years since the last time Espanyol beat Barça at home and 13 since the last Blue and White victory.
Is it time to break that streak? Of course.
The sooner the better.
It's been many years without beating them, in Cornellà we haven't achieved it yet.
For us, it is very important to take this victory. How do you think they can do more damage to Barça? To beat Barça we have to play a perfect game.
They have been reinforced with winter signings and that will help them.
It is clear that it is difficult, but we work every week to take the victory.
The sooner the better.
It's been many years without beating them, in Cornellà we haven't achieved it yet.
For us, it is very important to take this victory. How do you think they can do more damage to Barça? To beat Barça we have to play a perfect game.
They have been reinforced with winter signings and that will help them.
It is clear that it is difficult, but we work every week to take the victory.
The sooner the better.
It's been many years without beating them, in Cornellà we haven't achieved it yet.
For us, it is very important to take this victory. How do you think they can do more damage to Barça? To beat Barça we have to play a perfect game.
They have been reinforced with winter signings and that will help them.
It is clear that it is difficult, but we work every week to take the victory.
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