Rafa Márquez after a match of Barça at the Camp Nou

A HISTORICAL CHANGE

Márquez gives the keys of Barça's resurgence: Ronaldinho, Xavi, Puyol, Messi, Iniesta...

Published:9/05/2020 - 19:03h

Updated:9/05/2020 - 21:43h

Rafa Márquez has confessed himself in an interview with LaLiga, and has talked about the resurgence of Barça. For the mexican, the key was to bring together a generation of players in which Ronaldinho, Xavi, Puyol, Messi or Iniesta stood out

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The FC Barcelona already prepares his team for the future, and taking like big reference his recent past brilliant. In the City Condal carry more than a decade consolidated in the fight by the titles, installed in an upward trend that does not do so much was them elusive. In spite of the difficulties that go to arise on the way, the intention of the Catalans is to build another ambitious project, of quality and of long route.

Precisely, on this subject has spoken Rafa Márquez, that lived in the Camp Nou between 2003 and 2010. The one of Michoacán has confessed in an interview for LaLiga, of which is ambassador, and has reflexionado on the process that carried to a group lastrado by his own doubts to turn into one of the best of the world. Between the keys has mentioned to several legends with which enjoyed sharing changing room.

The méxicano has recognised that when it landed in LaLiga pertinent of the Monaco, the things were not so simple as nowadays, but has valued also that, thanks to the movements in the sportive planning, this situation did not take in changing: "I arrived in a period in which to the Barcelona lined it of loser, did not arrive to be in the first places, or always remained to banks to be able to win something".

"Yes, I seat me lucky to be able to have been part of this change, of this revival like me call him, of the barcelonismo. I arrived beside Ronaldinho and begin to change the things thank you also to an important base that already was in the Barcelona, as Xavi, Puyol, Valdés... Afterwards we were achieving titles very important", has explained, praising to a decisive mix of signings and canteranos.

The defender ensures that in that team could enjoy so much seeing as playing: "it Was very easy to play with them, treated to look for them and give them the balloon and they did the difference. Play with Xavi, Iniesta, Hammered, Edmilson in that then... Play at the side of Puyol also gave you an important security. Have to a goalkeeper as in this period Víctor gave you the certainty that if it happened the ball there was a safe that it was he".

But the 'kaiser', as it knew him in his times of player, adds that another of the privileges was a place reserved in first row to hallucinate with the magic of two stars, the leaders on which has edificado the new was of the Barça. Under his point of view, there was two cracks a go past of the rest: "In front, the truth is that you that saw it from backwards enjoyed of the big game that deployed Ronaldinho and Messi".

The speech of Márquez warns to the Barça

Lastrado By the crisis of the coronavirus, the Barça can see forced to recover the mix of players of the house and signings that so much performance has given him. Although the culés assume that they are near to sack of the best generation of footballers of his history, also understand that they have to prepare so that the future offer guarantees to be to the height of his legacy. In the next months will play a decisive game to know if the upward trend will keep or if it will be necessary to follow suffering before going back to shine.

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