Many eyes are again on Ferran Jutgla (23) tonight. The Spanish striker of Club scored in the first leg against Atlético and thus gained a lot of exposure in his own country. His girlfriend Maria can speak for himself.
“All that attention was unbelievable. Even I received a lot of messages in the past week,” she says. “It takes some getting used to, but fortunately these are all positive things. That night itself was also unique. Ferran was overwhelmed. I can’t believe it, he kept repeating that on the way to the car. What’s going on here anyway?” Meanwhile, there are also voices to take Jutgla to Qatar, because such a man-in-form can certainly use La Roja. Carl Hoefkens is not going to get involved, he says. “Ferran is getting better every day, but that decision rests with Luis Enrique.”
His girlfriend already sees it. “I believe in it, because a lot of people are talking about it on social media. But Ferran himself doesn’t want to know about it. I sometimes bring it up and he says he doesn’t want to talk about it. At the moment he is fully focused on Club Brugge and the Champions League.” In any case, he can apply again today, ‘for his own people’. And Maria is supporting us. “I watch all his matches, because I love the game myself,” she says.
And she is confident. “Because Ferran is feeling so good right now. He had set himself certain goals this season and is surprised that he was able to achieve some so quickly. We are also having a great time in Belgium. (laughing) The weather is changing and we are not used to eating so early in the evening, but otherwise everything is fine.” (dvd)
