{"id":549,"date":"2025-01-27T22:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2025-01-27T22:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:45:46","slug":"valencia-thrashing-a-turning-point-for-barcelona-says-ferran-torres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/valencia-thrashing-a-turning-point-for-barcelona-says-ferran-torres\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia thrashing a &#8216;turning point&#8217; for Barcelona, says Ferran Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-59.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-59-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-59-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona drubbed Valencia, Ferran Torres&#8217; former club, and he hopes it will be a \u201cturning point\u201d for the rest of the season. \u201cI try to take advantage of the minutes so that the coach knows I&#8217;m ready,\u201d he explained after the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona striker Ferran Torres said that Sunday&#8217;s 7-1 win over Valencia in La Liga EA Sports was \u201ca turning point\u201d for the Catalan team in the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were not in our best dynamic in La Liga. Today has been a turning point for us, to get this victory at home in La Liga to take a step forward has been very good for us,\u201d said the Spanish international to \u2018DAZN\u2019 from the mixed zone of the Olympic Stadium Llu\u00eds Companys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Valencian attacker, who started and scored a goal, admitted that \u201cit is always important to play and participate in goals\u201d, but denied that his performance has served to vindicate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI try to take advantage of the minutes so that the coach knows I&#8217;m ready when he needs me. I can play in any position up top, I attack the spaces, I have a goal and I give assists. The coach can count on me,\u201d explained Ferran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The striker, a former Valencia player, revealed that he got \u201cgoosebumps\u201d when rival defender Mouctar Diakhaby came on in the second half after eleven months out with injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI shared a dressing room with him. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s been a very difficult few months for him. I&#8217;m very proud of him for feeling like a footballer again. I hope he can enjoy football again,\u201d said Ferran, who expressed the wish that Valencia can avoid relegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/match\/barcelona\/valencia-cf\/20256514\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona drubbed Valencia, Ferran Torres&#8217; former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}