Pau Cubarsí will never forget the UEFA Champions League match against Red Star at Marakana, Belgrade, where he suffered a deep cut on his face in a duel with Uros Spajic. In an interview with L'Équipe, the Barcelona player recalls the difficult period he went through, which forced him to wear protection, although he ended up laughing about the situation. "In one play, I lowered my head, the opposing player lifted his leg, and hit me in the face. I saw the blood starting to flow, my teammates got worried and called the doctor," he began, referring to the incident recorded in the match on November 6, 2024, which the Catalans would eventually win 5-2. "At halftime, the doctor told me I would need stitches. First, I asked him to let me take a selfie to send to my mom and tell her I was okay, but also to keep it as a memory [laughs]. To be able to play against Real Sociedad a few days later, I had to wear a protection that made me look like a Mc Donald's employee. My teammates called me the Mc Donald's employee," he shared. In the interview, he talked about his childhood in Catalonia: "I come from Estanyol, a very small village with less than 200 inhabitants, near Girona. I don't know everyone, but almost everyone. There are rustic houses, isolated in the fields, animals, it's very peaceful. In the past, the road through the village was dirt, now it's paved. There's no school, just my father's carpentry shop and the church. So, my parents would take me every morning, around 7:30, to the neighboring village where my grandparents live. I would have breakfast with my cousins and then we would all walk to school." "At my parents' house, there are sheep, two dogs, chickens, ducks… The sheep graze the grass, and we eat fresh eggs that our chickens lay. When I go back there, I completely disconnect. My great-grandfather already owned that workshop. My grandfather took it over, and then my father and my uncle. In the village, we are known as the carpenters. For a child, the smell of wood, the sawdust, the machines, the boards… All of that is impressive. It is part of my identity," he added.
At Barcelona Mc Donald remains central to this story.
At Barcelona Mc Donald remains central to this story.
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