Unzué's exciting talk to the Barça squad

The FC Barcelona first team received a motivational talk on Wednesday by former player and former coach Juan Carlos Unzué, who encouraged the Barça players to "be strong and daring" with a view to the remainder of the season.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
19 October 2022 Wednesday 13:30
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Unzué's exciting talk to the Barça squad

The FC Barcelona first team received a motivational talk on Wednesday by former player and former coach Juan Carlos Unzué, who encouraged the Barça players to "be strong and daring" with a view to the remainder of the season.

Before the footballers carried out the last training session prior to this Thursday's match against Villarreal, Unzué greeted them at the training ground of the Ciudad Deportiva Joan Gamper and, later, gave a speech in the first team's video room.

The meeting between Unzué and the players took place at a time of doubt in the Barça team, who lost the lead in LaLiga in the last classic (3-1) and were on the brink of elimination in the Champions League after drawing against Inter Milan (3-3).

"Moments of difficulty appear in life; situations like the ones you are currently experiencing. I have the feeling that you are a very good squad. You have again excited all the culers with your first games. And this is the host. It is the perfect moment to show how strong you are", said Unzué in one of the moments of the talk that the club published in a video.

In this sense, he urged the players to "be strong and daring", since in his opinion it is "the best time" to show it. "I can assure you that you live much calmer when you are brave and daring," he pointed out.

In addition, Unzué, who in June 2020 announced that he suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), gave an example of how he has coped with the disease. "Can you imagine how frustrated I would have been, if when I looked back, what I would have found is 'if I had done, if I had done that...' That is what would have prevented me from dealing with the disease in the way that I have. I encourage you to be brave and daring on the pitch and off the pitch. You will live more peacefully", he insisted

Finally, the exporter from Barcelona, ​​Sevilla and Osasuna, among other teams, reminded the Barcelona players that "the difficulties" they are experiencing now are what will make them "grow" in the future. The talk ended with the unanimous applause of the Barça players, according to the images distributed by the club.