Fermin details incredible rise to Barca first team and Olympic gold

Fermin Lopez says winning gold at the Olympics with Spain is a memory he will carry forever

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00:00It's been an incredible year.

00:02I've played for Barça's first team,

00:04and I've won the European Championship

00:06and the Olympic Games.

00:08To be there on the podium,

00:10to receive the medals

00:12representing Spain,

00:14well,

00:16those are unforgettable moments

00:18and I'll never forget them.

00:20My family.

00:22Whenever these things happen to me,

00:24we see everything we've been through,

00:26the journey we've had to make

00:28to be here,

00:30and the truth is

00:32that I admire everything

00:34they've done for me

00:36and I'm very happy to achieve these things

00:38and that they can enjoy it.

00:40The club wanted me to stay at Barça D,

00:42and I told the club

00:44that maybe I'd like to take it a step further.

00:46I went to the first week,

00:48Xavi, the coach,

00:50took a liking to me.

00:52He gave me opportunities,

00:54I tried to take advantage of them

00:56until I became a first-team player.

01:00At the end of the day,

01:02you always have to face up

01:04when the first team needs you,

01:06and I think that now

01:08a very good generation is coming

01:10and hopefully we can achieve

01:12great success in the club.

01:14My first year at Barça D

01:16is to achieve all these things,

01:18to be in the first team of Barça,

01:20to get into the national team,

01:22and to keep working and fighting.