Daniel Alves has told Pumas teammates to relish today’s clash with Barcelona.
Alves will face his former Barca teammates in the Joan Gamper Trophy clash at the Nou Camp.
He said, “I sincerely tell them to enjoy this unique moment in your lives. Coming here, not only for Pumas, for any other team, is very, very complicated. Playing against Barça here is very difficult and you have to enjoy that beautiful day.
“They will not have many more opportunities to play at the Camp Nou, then it will be remodeled and they may come back, but it is a little more difficult for them to live that experience again. So you have to enjoy and have fun. We must try to put what we also have as arguments, but more than anything it is a day that we were invited to the culé party, so we have to make that day special for us too.”
Alves also said: “It is strange to return with another shirt that is not the Barcelona one, but football is beautiful because it takes care of the people who dedicate time to it, who respect it. Not even in the best scripts would I have thought to return here so quickly.
“I only had a chance to say hello, but not until later. Football is giving me that opportunity to hug the people I love again.
“It will be a very special moment because always stepping on the Camp Nou, returning to Barcelona, is something unique for me. I love this club too much, I love these colours too much. I hope it’s a nice day. I would never celebrate a goal here. In the end, for us, the Gamper is the date of the culé. That’s why I’m here too, because it’s the date for the culé.”
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