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The Masia, demanding quarry

"In the Barça prepare you to be Messi, Xavi or Sergi Roberto"

Published:15/04/2017 - 16:22h

Updated:15/04/2017 - 16:22h

The carrilero right-handed of the Metz, formed in the inferior categories of the FC Barcelona, Iván Balliu spoke about the Masia and of the extreme competitiveness that exists in the formative football of the Barcelona group, where look for the next Messi, Xavi...

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Always it is interesting to see how form the young promises of the Barça or how ancient integral of the formative football blaugrana explain his esperiencia inside The Masia. The last has been the Catalan side Iván Balliu, that finds at present in the Metz and explained for "L'Équipe" the pressure that is to form part of the Barcelona quarry.

"It is a bit hard (be in the quarry of the Barcelona), because of 20 players that begin the season 14 have to go . It is hard, but also motivates. You can win a party by 7-0 and will say you 'have not played well'. The level of requirement is very high. I do not know how many players go through The Masia every year, but only a few give the jump", began saying.

And it is that the requirement is justified in that inside the club looks for to the next Messi, Xavi or Iniesta. "It is normal, in the Barcelona prepares you so that you are the next Messi, Xavi or Sergi Roberto. It is the normal. They do not prepare you so that you adapt you to Metz or to the Celtic. I have adapted me to different styles play", concretised.

It keeps the contact with Bartra, Plans or Muniesa

But in the Barça no only forge big footballers, but also big people. Boys that do fellow for all the life, as it explains the same Balliu. "If I am still in contact with ex mine mates? Yes, with Sergi Gómez, Muniesa, Bartra, Carles Flat, Rochina.... When we go us together on holiday speak of our starts and ask us "for what throw the balloon if you can play in short?", it explained between laughs.

Finally it finish speaking on the positive and negative things to have bred in the Barcelona game. "The to be a player formed in the quarry has more positive things that negative. The positive: you can do a centre that a player of First does one thousand times along his career and although you have done a very normal centre the people will say 'oh himself, is súper technical because it has player in the Barça'. The negative: they say that physically you are not strong because you come of the Barcelona. And it is true that all the players that have gone through the Barça are small and no very fornidos", concluded.

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