Gavi is thrilled to be back in action for Barcelona after his long-awaited return from an anterior cruciate ligament injury. (More Football News)
The 20-year-old underwent surgery after suffering the injury in Spain's Euro 2024 qualifying win over Georgia la💝st year.
He subsequently missed the rest of the season, along with Spain's tr🗹iumph at the Euros.
But Gavi made his return to action on Sunday, coming on as a substitute during Barca's 5-1 win over Sevilla in LaLiga✤, receiving a standing ovation from the cr𝐆owd at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium.
"I'm very happy to be 🐠back with the team. I've been dre🐻aming about this moment for many months and I'm grateful to everyone because they've made it so much easier for me," an emotional Gavi told Movistar Plus.
"The worst thing during the lay-off is not playing with my teammates. Seeing the team from the outside is very hard and gives you a🌟 different perspective, you learn that you have to enjoy every moment and appreciate things.
"I feel very lucky to be here today, recovered,🦂✱ because this is my life and what I've been doing all my life and I've missed it a lot.
"When you see all the fans and team-mates over there and they sh🐻ow you that they love you and appreciate you, you feel very lucky."
Hansi F🌸lick added: "For him [Gavi] it was a fantastic moment, a fantastic feeling.
"The result 🌊was great. It was a perfect day for him and also for us."
Barcelona are top of LaLiga on 27 points, th🍨ree ahead of Real Madrid in second and🤡 seven clear of Atletico Madrid in third.
The๊y will host Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday before next week💦end's Clasico against Madrid.
"Winning like this is very imp🐟ortant for the games to come," Gavi's team-mate Pedri told Movistar Plus.
"Today we had to ♋leave with more than just the three points, we needed that good feeling we got.
"The coach told us tha🍌t there was going 𝕴to be spaces at the edge of the box and we took advantage of that."
