Ansu Fati celebrated an emotional comeback in the Spanish league. After ten months of injury, the FC Barcelona jewel scored a goal straight away.
Super talent Ansu Fati from FC Barcelona made a perfect comeback on Sunday after a long injury break. The 18-year-old scored in stoppage time in the Catalans’ 3-0 (2-0) success in the league game against UD Levante. Then Fati cheered the hit with one of his physiotherapists, among others. The winger had only been substituted on for Luuk de Jong a few minutes earlier.
Fati had been absent with a meniscus injury since November 2020. Originally a break of a few weeks was planned, but the healing process did not go as planned. Again and again Fati had to accept setbacks before he was able to get back into team training a few weeks ago. Against Levante, Fati was even voted player of the game with his 17-minute stake.
Fati emotional: “I did not expect this return”
“I did not expect such a return,” said an overwhelmed Fati. “I thank the doctors and physios who were with me. And also the fans. I thought about helping the team. I also thought of my family, who have suffered with me in the past few months,” he said .
He now wants to leave this difficult time behind and looks to the coming months with high ambitions. “It has only just begun. We are Barca and we have to fight for everything,” said the teenager, who inherited the legendary number “10” from Lionel Messi. “The ’10’ is no pressure for me, it makes me proud. I thank the club and the captains that I can wear it,” said Fati and announced: “We’re going to be in the league, the Champions League and everything else fight. We have to fight and work. “
Before Fati’s goal, Memphis Depay (6th) and de Jong (14th) had put Barca on the road to victory early on. For the financially and athletically troubled top club, the win against Levante was not only a breakthrough because of Fati’s return. In the table, Barcelona jumped to fifth. Leader Real Madrid, who didn’t get more than 0-0 against Villarreal, are five points short. However, the team of the criticized coach Ronald Koeman still has one game up its sleeve.
Koeman himself was not on the sidelines due to his suspension, which he received after his red card in the game against FC Cadiz. The former bond coach of the Dutch national team was represented by his assistant coach Alfred Schreuder.
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