Barcelona legend, Deco has come out to address the wave of criticism Vitor Roque faced during his stint at the club. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the attack on the 18-year-old youngster at Barcelona was simply evil, and it just felt like the hateful words lept coming without any sense or reasonable reason.
Deco added that Roque has been hurt a lot, and it has been very hard for him to see the teenager suffer.
His words, “He’s doing well, he’s scoring goals. Since I’ve known Barca, I can’t remember such a bad attack on a young player, as it came from outside, like with Roque. Such bad and ugly criticism. I don’t know where it came from, I don’t know if it’s an attack on me or on the club, but I don’t think there was such a strong and bad personal attack on an 18-year-old kid. I mean evil, he was attacked very strongly, without any sense, without any reason. I don’t know where the origin of all this is, whether it’s internal or external, but I don’t understand how they could be so cruel to a kid.
We’re now seeing with Endrick a normal process of an 18-19-year-old player who comes to Madrid going through a normal process. Roque has been hurt a lot and it’s been very hard for me to see him suffer and see how he’s come out, how he’s had a bad time. That’s football. I’m 47 years old and I’m not used to certain things either.”
WOW.
Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto “Més que un club” (“More than a club”). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $5.51 billion, and the world’s fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €582.1 million.
The official Barcelona anthem is the “Cant del Barça”, written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and garnet stripes, hence nicknamed Blaugrana.
In March 2021, Lionel Messi overtook Xavi’s record of 767 games played for the club, and presently has made 778 official appearances in all competitions, while also holding the record for the most appearances in La Liga matches for Barcelona, with 520.
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