Brazilian winger Dani Alves traveled on Tuesday with the Pumas delegation to Barcelona where his new team will play for the Joan Gamper Trophy and he hopes to say goodbye to the Camp Nou, which has been his home. Alves concluded his second stage at Barcelona last June.
“Life gives me the right to come and play with Pumas and play at the Camp Nou to say goodbye,” said the Brazilian player, who explained his recent experiences with Barcelona. “They took me out the back door the penultimate time. This time it was not from behind because my contract ended. What’s going on, nothing, ciao. I didn’t expect much more. At the end of the day, I signed for six months and fulfilled them, ”he explained to TUDN.
The World Cup player in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 won 23 titles with Barcelona, including three editions of the Champions League. Returning to their old home to say goodbye to their fans will be one of the special ingredients of the 2022 Joan Gamper Trophy. The Pumas traveled from Mexico City to Barcelona with 23 soccer players, including Argentines Eduardo Salvio, Gustavo del Prete, Nicolás Freire and Juan Dinenno.
The team led by the Argentine Andrés Lillini seeks to add another international title to its gallery in Spain. In 2004 the Mexican entity won the Santiago Bernabéu Trophy in Madrid. That 2004, Pumas, one of the four most popular clubs in Mexico, achieved the two-time League championship with Hugo Sánchez on the bench, an idol of the merengue club.
