Leo Messi had the record of being the last player to score a direct free kick with four different teams: the Argentine national team, Inter Miami, PSG and Barcelona. not anymore Because after more than two years without being able to celebrate a free goal, the Barcelona fans were finally able to celebrate one. Ferran Torres ended a drought that had already lasted too long.
It felt like a sentence. The days were almost marked on the wall five by five. Months passed, 28 sheets from three different years were torn. And there was no way. As if it were a curse, a kind of prophecy from Béla, a dark magic. Since Messi beat Cillessen at Mestalla. It was May 2, 2021. Football was still played behind closed doors, due to the effect of the pandemic.
The Argentinian ten had a glove on his left boot and was another resource to break the deadlock but suddenly, without him, it was night for Barça. He stopped scoring, threatening and even causing dangerous fouls on the edge of the area. They forgot about it.
They had tried Memphis, Ansu Fati, Pedri, Dembélé, Coutinho… the players with the best feet who have passed through Can Barça in this time. All water Evidently, Lewandowski, Raphinha or Gündogan also tried their luck, footballers who arrived with stripes. And nothing Even defenders like Piqué, Jordi Alba or Marcos Alonso dared to shoot directly at goal. No success
Until Ferran Torres appeared. Yes, he That he had not been a starter this year. That he didn’t even play at Getafe. That he had been the object of ridicule. But in his attempt to reinvent himself, the Valencian forward has discovered that he is a good specialist at throwing fouls. At the age of 23, it turns out that he has taken a new weapon out of his sleeve. Never in his professional career had he scored a direct foul.
And he did it 867 days after Messi and under pressure, because the changes in the band were already ready. It was surely (it was) the last ball he would touch… And he placed it, with a big nut, outside the barrier and without much height, which surprised Fran Vieites, who was making his debut in goal after Rui Silva’s injury. “My idea was to put it over the barrier, but it went a little wrong, but luckily it went inside. Sometimes without meaning to, I put her in,” admitted Ferran Torres with a laugh after the game.
“It’s boss, everything is boss”, he shouted in celebration, pointing to his temple. A change of mentality that Xavi also applauds. “It has a lot of merit. I already said it. They practically laughed at him, they said he was useless… and look what he has done. He turned the omelette himself. It is an example. He has great mental strength. It will be important, because he has earned it”, emphasizes the coach.
Ferran Torres was already the top scorer in the pre-season and added three goals in five days. He feels free. There is a new sniper in Montjuïc.