The veteran midfielder will play his final game for
the club on Saturday and his old team-mates hope
he will bow out by winning the Champions League
Former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol hopes that
his successor Xavi can have a dream ending to
his career by lifting the Champions League.
The veteran midfielder will leave Camp Nou for Al
Sadd at the season's end and has already crowned
his final season at the club with the domestic
double.
However, Puyol wants to see his former colleague
triumph in Europe against Juventus on Saturday
before he leaves the continent for Qatar.
"I really hope he can do it," he told Sport .
"I'm confident in the team and it'd be a great
image for him to finish his time as a Barca player.
"Xavi has lifted trophies as captain, but I hope he
can lift the Champions League, which is different."
Puyol was Barca skipper in 2011 when the club
won their last Champions League and famously let
Eric Abidal, who had just recovered from cancer, lift
the cup.
"He had fought very hard and had shown us that
you always have to fight. He deserved it. It takes a
lot to explain what it feels like when he lifts the
cup."
Barca and Juventus meet in Berlin at 20:45CET on
Saturday.
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