Riqui Puig celebrates his goal in Elche beside his mates

RIQUI PUIG WANTS TO PLAY MORE

Riqui Puig: "It's been a tough year, I'm playing very little"

Published:24/01/2021 - 20:29h

Updated:25/01/2021 - 00:20h

Riqui Puig scored his first goal for Barça's first team at Martínez Valero. The youth squad spoke after the crash and was disappointed to be playing so little, but excited about his target

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Riqui Puig carried in the terrain of game a minute and practically the first balloon that touched commanded it to save in the goal of Édgar Badía. The canterano marked with a good head butt his first official goal with the first team of the FC Barcelona and confirmed the triumph culé in Elche. A so much very important for him, since this season is explaining very little for Ronald Koeman.

After the party, the offensive midfield player spoke with 'Movistar' and showed disappointed by his minutes of game, but with win to follow struggling. "It is being a difficult year for me, am going in very little, but as it says my father, have to follow struggling and learning, and this does me stronger", said, trying look for him the positive side to his situation.

To his time, Koeman wanted to tend him the hand and praised his entrance to the field and his attitude to face his paper in the staff. "It has gone out well and also it has jumped very well. It has arrived to the area, that is where want to have to the midfield players. It likes me that Riqui do not go down the arms, like this have to be all in spite of not having minutes, enjoy when the trainer gives you minutes and show that you can have minutes. And besides, it has marked. In spite of having few minutes has had his importance in the party", declared.

Regarding his goal, the one of Matadepera appreciated the centre and the played of Frenkie of Jong, and showed loved with the form to annotate his first target with the Barça. "The goal mark it I, but it is necessary to appreciate to Of Jong the pass. It had not marked a lot of goals of head. It does me happy and of course want to thank him all the mates by everything", aimed.

Riqui Also showed optimist with the team after a month of January complicated with a lot of meetings far of house. "I think that we are giving quite a lot of steps to forward. This being a difficult month, a lot of parties out of house. Extentions, a lot of players with load of minutes. By all this, these victories help us a lot, the truth", confirmed.

Riqui Puig, optimistic in the fight by LaLiga

LaLiga Keeps on being the big aim of the Barcelona, although the culés have it increasingly complicated by fault of an Athletic of Madrid that follows without failing. In spite of everything, the Catalan follows believing in his team. "We do not have to fail more, it is necessary to be here. To the Atleti remain him a lot of parties, anybody has won a league in January", said, showing clearly optimistic.

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