"It would be a very special moment," the new Sevilla captain told Marca, when asked ahead of the UEFA Super Cup what it would mean to lift the trophy. "It would be a moment to remember all the people who got us here."
Those who got us here?
Typically when you reach a final, there's no need to thank such figures. The reason why you're here is because you got yourself here.
But these particular affairs are often different in this respect.
On Sunday, Sevilla meet Barcelona at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan to kick-off the two-legged Spanish Super Cup in what is the club's second chance to grab silverware this month after contesting the European equivalent against Real Madrid on August 9.