Barça passed the brush this Thursday at the Marca awards gala after a last season full of successes, with the League title as the main trophy. A good performance that was especially personified in Ter Stegen, the best player and goalkeeper with the fewest goals scored, and Lewandowski, the top scorer. The two collected awards during the gala that took place in Barcelona.
Joan Laporta did not miss the event that meant such good news for his club and his presence raised subsequent questions about the team's immediate future, marked by the absence of the seriously injured Gavi and the possibility of signing a replacement.
Skilled like few others, the Barça president knew how to walk through fire without getting burned, and he was quite elusive on the subject. "In principle we think that we have a very competitive squad and the coach has elements to continue having a good campaign," he stated.
"It is an unfortunate injury. The first thing now is for the player to focus on his recovery. Gavi still has a lot of present and future. At the club we are at his side for whatever is necessary," declared Laporta. It is worth remembering that a few days ago, playing for Spain, the player from Los Palacios suffered a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and an associated injury to the external meniscus that will keep him out for about eight months.
But Barcelona's top leader was not the only one to give his opinion on this matter. Sitting among the attendees, Deco, the club's sports director, also gave his opinion and his speech was along the ambiguous line applied by the president. "The winter market is always a tough, difficult market, it is not that easy. Gavi is irreplaceable, we will not find a player like him and that is why it is not so easy," he insisted. "We have to focus on what we have," he concluded, with little desire to elaborate.
Regarding the gala, Marc-André ter Stegen won the award for the best player and the goalkeeper with the fewest goals scored, his teammate Robert Lewandowski the top scorer, while the Real Sociedad coach, Imanol Alguacil, the best coach of LaLiga EA Sports 2022-2023.
Likewise, Antoine Griezmann was awarded as the most decisive player on his team, Joselu Mato as the top Spanish scorer, Valentín Pizarro Gómez as the best referee in the top category and Pedro González 'Pedri' as the best fan player.
Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen received the Zamora trophy for the goalkeeper with the fewest goals scored for the 18 goals conceded last season and the Alfredo Di Stéfano trophy for the best player, thus underlining his contribution to the league title that the Catalan team won last year as the team less goals scored (20).
His teammate at Barça, forward Robert Lewandowski, collected the Pichichi trophy for LaLiga EA Sports' top scorer for the 23 goals he scored the previous season. The third prize of the gala for a Barça player went to Pedri, highlighted as the best player by the fans.
For his part, the coach of Real Sociedad, Imanol Alguacil, was awarded the Miguel Muñoz trophy for the best coach of last season after the Gipuzkoan team finished the fourth season and qualified for the Champions League.
Atlético de Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann was recognized with the Socios.com trophy, which rewards the player whose contribution was most important for his team throughout the season.
The current Real Madrid forward Joselu Mato received the Zarra trophy for the top Spanish scorer for the 16 goals he scored last year with Espanyol, while the Athletic Club goalkeeper Unai Simón was awarded the MVP Selection trophy for his performance with the Spanish selection.
Likewise, the referee of the Madrid committee Valentín Pizarro Gómez won the Guruceta trophy for the best referee of the season, and the Spanish refugee team received the Jarque/Puerta award for fair play.
In the Second Division category, Raúl Fernández (Granada) won the Zamora trophy, Myrto Uzuni (Granada) the Pichichi trophy, Raúl García Haro (Mirandés), Rubén Albés (Albacete) the Miguel Muñoz trophy and Víctor García Verdura the Guruceta trophy.
The event was attended by some of the winners and the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, who opened the gala with a welcome speech highlighting the Olympic spirit of the city, and the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, among other personalities. .
