Author of a very notable debut with Barça, Joao Félix did not expect such success when he arrived in Catalonia.
A dream debut. After several up-and-down years and a chaotic end at Atlético Madrid, Joao Felix regained color since his arrival at FC Barcelona. It only took him three games (two starts) to put everyone at his feet in Catalonia. Scorer against Bétis on Saturday, the Portuguese international was elected man of the match for Barça’s debut in the Champions League during the overwhelming victory against Royal Antwerp (5-0), during which the former Madrilenian scored scored two goals and provided an assist.
Félix surprised by his debut
A perfect start to the adventure for the 23-year-old who finally sees the hope of seeing his career take off. Asked by Mundo Deportivo On his debut, the striker admitted that he did not expect such success. “No, not that good, I honestly didn’t expect it.” I thought, and still think, that this is the ideal place for me, but the truth is that things are going very, very well and I didn’t expect them to go so well. Let them continue like this and let it be like this until the end. He (Xavi) told me from day one to play for fun, to play with pleasure and to play my football. Of course, he asks me tactical questions, but above all he asks me to have fun, to have fun, and that’s what I try to do.”he explained first.
🚨 Joao Félix, EXCLUSIVA para Mundo Deportivo:
💬 “Renuncié a una cantidad significativa de dinero de mi sueldo. However, it is necessary to change, it is necessary to be in a situation where you can play football and how it is that I believe that this is (the Barça) series of the situation… pic.twitter.com/GFsnKRnR9U
— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) September 21, 2023
He then returned to his departure from Atlético after a spell of three and a half seasons marked by his inability to express his talent in the long term, which pushed him to leave the club this summer. “Yes, the truth is that I gave up a significant amount of my salary. But I needed a change, I needed to go somewhere where I could practice my football and like I said, I always thought it would be the perfect place. Things are going well and I had to make this effort to find the pleasure of playing again”added the 2019 Golden Boy.
