Frenkie de Jong valued Barca’s victory against Rayo in a mixed zone. The Dutchman also spoke about his competition with Marc Casado in the midfield.
Frenkie de Jong enjoys his sweetest moment in Hansi Flick’s new project at FC Barcelona.
After a ‘stormy’ start to the season due to problems with his right ankle, which kept him in dry dock for more than five months, the midfielder is beginning to rediscover his best version and everything indicates that he has given Marc Casado the definitive ‘overtake’ in the midfield.
And after having started against Sevilla at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuan, the Dutchman started again from the start against Rayo Vallecano (1-0). In a fundamental duel for the Catalans, who could regain the lead in LaLiga if they got the three points, the German coach put his most competitive lineup on the Montjuic pitch and the Dutchman was chosen to accompany Pedri and Gavi in the Barca wide zone, relegating the ’17’ to the bench.
Frenkie spoke about his competition with Casado
At the end of the duel against those led by Inigo Perez, De Jong appeared before the press in a mixed zone and, in addition to evaluating the Barça victory, he broke his silence about his competition with Casado. “‘Casa’ has a lot of quality, like the entire squad, we can all contribute,” the footballer simply said, stating that he was “happy for the victory and first place.” However, he did not want to increase the euphoria of Barcelona fans since there is still “a lot left, we are all very close in the classification and there is nothing to celebrate.” Finally, he highlighted the importance of Barca’s victory by maintaining that “Rayo is a good team, they press a lot and getting the ball out has cost us a lot, but to win something at the end of the season we have to get.
