The international goal Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, who will assume the captaincy of Barça from this season, has indicated in statements to the club’s media that “sportingly” he has taken a “step forward” and now he also has to “assume an important role as a veteran player such as the captain “.
The goalkeeper arrived at Barça in the 2007-2008 season and, a year later, at 18, he already debuted with the first team in the league ASOBAL, on September 19, 2009 at the Palau against Toledo, the team from his hometown. Today, already 30 years old, he adds that, “that is the natural line of the captaincies.” “I have been at the club for many years now, as the years have passed, I have been learning from the best.” He has relieved the already retired captain in the captaincy Raúl Entrerríos and formerly legendary names like those of Victor Thomas (2013-2020), Laszlo nagy (2011-2012) and he also meta David barrufet (2000-2010) have preceded him.
Even without being the captain, his image of the past seasons waiting for his teammates at the locker room door to slap them one by one and go out last on the track, already speaks of his charisma. To GonzaloLast season at Barça has been the best for him since he has been at the club, not only because of what he achieved, but “both at the level of play and sensations”.
And, in those sensations, have been those of the Tokyo Olympics, which were his first with the National Team. “On a personal level, I felt very good, I think I was part of a special group that showed that they wanted a medal and I fight for it until the end.” “I took advantage of the dynamics that I had to help the team and get a historic medal for me, because I can already say that I am an Olympian and in my first games getting a medal is something that is forever,” he says proudly.
Now a new season begins and the Barcelona goal is clear. “We are at Barça and here we have to win yes or yes. This we all know and also those who arrive now. It is true that it is a season with many new faces and, when you train the first day, you already notice a special feeling to know how everything will work and hoping that the new ones adapt as quickly as possible. “
He has only had a week of vacation after last season, both due to the COVID19 pandemic and the competition, was very tough. “After four or five months out of work, we played more games than ever, sometimes without being able to train after ten or fifteen days of rest and it has not been exactly the best for the physique of an athlete“He stressed.” In the end, the results give you energy and I think that in this sense, the Champions League and some Games that have finished very well, have made us keep our forces intact, but we will see how we are going to be tailored. that the season passes “, has concluded.