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Damià Abellà played in Valencia C (Tercera Division) 2 years ago. Next weekend, he's going to play against the "Ché" team with the Barça shirt.
"One year and a half ago, I was there and it seemed unreachable to play in the first team, and now I'm playing with Barcelona. Because of this, this is another match in the sport level, but it will be a special match in the emotional level".
Damià arrived to Valencia in December 2002 and he played there for 6 months. It was such a short time that he has problems recognizing himself with the Valencia shirt. "I recognize myself, but it still surprises me, I see it and I don't believe it. It's going to be strange to play in Mestalla, if I play".
He left Valencia in the summer of 2003 because he had no future. "We did a poor season with Valencia C and we saved our cathegory in the last match. Only 3 of the ones that played in that team continued and I went to Valencia B. There Voro (one of the Valencia's coaches) told me that he saw me as playmaker and I had Gavilán, now in Tenerife (Segunda), Redondo, now in Albacete, and Sissoko, who was going to play in the B team, over me. At that moment, I thought that it wasn't worth to continue there. The best for me was to study in INEF (sport education) in Catalunya. And look what happened, after 2 weeks in Figueres (Tercera), Redondo went to Albacete and Sissoko to the A team. At this point, I had doubts: retire or not".
The player had doubts about his career: "I thought about leaving football because I didn't have finished with the studies and I thought that playing in small teams of Catalunya was worthless for me. In Valencia, my girlfriend was far from me, I had to change the university and I could not continue there. Although I could have played in the C and the B team, I'm not one of those who care about nothing. Fortunately, Judit, my girlfriend, told me to continue in Figueres, playing in Tercera Division, and now I'm here. I owe a lot to Judit".
When he was in Valencia, he was friend of David Navarro and Carlos Marchena, and he doesn't forget a "lesson" by "grandpa" Carboni: "We were playing a training match with the A team and he constantly stoped our right wing, a friend of mine, and he explained to me how I had to face the wings to stop them. And he did it several times. It was a surprise to me how a player, who has done everything in his life, lost his time with a young player. I'm thankful to him".
In Valencia, people says that García Pitarch (ex Sport director) was the one who did not trust in Damià and now he's being criticized for this. "Possibly, he didn't trust in me. But they signed me to play in the wing and they finally put me in the center... very strange". Now he plays in Barça and no one doubts about his class.
http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/20041216/NOTICIA186767669.html
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"One year and a half ago, I was there and it seemed unreachable to play in the first team, and now I'm playing with Barcelona. Because of this, this is another match in the sport level, but it will be a special match in the emotional level".
Damià arrived to Valencia in December 2002 and he played there for 6 months. It was such a short time that he has problems recognizing himself with the Valencia shirt. "I recognize myself, but it still surprises me, I see it and I don't believe it. It's going to be strange to play in Mestalla, if I play".
He left Valencia in the summer of 2003 because he had no future. "We did a poor season with Valencia C and we saved our cathegory in the last match. Only 3 of the ones that played in that team continued and I went to Valencia B. There Voro (one of the Valencia's coaches) told me that he saw me as playmaker and I had Gavilán, now in Tenerife (Segunda), Redondo, now in Albacete, and Sissoko, who was going to play in the B team, over me. At that moment, I thought that it wasn't worth to continue there. The best for me was to study in INEF (sport education) in Catalunya. And look what happened, after 2 weeks in Figueres (Tercera), Redondo went to Albacete and Sissoko to the A team. At this point, I had doubts: retire or not".
The player had doubts about his career: "I thought about leaving football because I didn't have finished with the studies and I thought that playing in small teams of Catalunya was worthless for me. In Valencia, my girlfriend was far from me, I had to change the university and I could not continue there. Although I could have played in the C and the B team, I'm not one of those who care about nothing. Fortunately, Judit, my girlfriend, told me to continue in Figueres, playing in Tercera Division, and now I'm here. I owe a lot to Judit".
When he was in Valencia, he was friend of David Navarro and Carlos Marchena, and he doesn't forget a "lesson" by "grandpa" Carboni: "We were playing a training match with the A team and he constantly stoped our right wing, a friend of mine, and he explained to me how I had to face the wings to stop them. And he did it several times. It was a surprise to me how a player, who has done everything in his life, lost his time with a young player. I'm thankful to him".
In Valencia, people says that García Pitarch (ex Sport director) was the one who did not trust in Damià and now he's being criticized for this. "Possibly, he didn't trust in me. But they signed me to play in the wing and they finally put me in the center... very strange". Now he plays in Barça and no one doubts about his class.
http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/20041216/NOTICIA186767669.html
