VALVERDE BET BY THE YOUNGSTERS
The Barça turns into Huesca in the youngest team of LaLiga
Published:14/04/2019 - 09:07h
Updated:14/04/2019 - 09:07h
Ernesto Valverde wanted to give rest to the heavy weights of the staff of the FC Barcelona and, in The Alcoraz in front of the Huesca, took advantage of to give minutes to the less usual players of the alignments, as well as to canteranos. The average of age was very low
Ernesto Valverde does not seem had to that the team arrive to the party of turn of quarter-finals of the Champions League drowned physically, as it happened the past season in the Olympic of Rome. With a considerable advantage in LaLiga Santander, the 'Txingurri' gave the luxury to bet by an eleven initial with radical changes in front of the Huesca.
This revolution in the alignment included to players that usually do not have too many minutes in the team beside footballers of the quarry with projection of first team. With this, the Barça had in The Alcoraz the eleven with less average of age of all the championship of LaLiga, presenting an average of age of 24 years and 133 days.
Of the 11 footballers that were headlines, only two surpassed the 26 years: Riqui Puig and Jean-Clair Todibo (19 years), Moussa Wague (20), Ousmane Dembélé and Carles Aleñá (21), Malcom (22), Samuel Umtiti (25), Jeison Murillo and Marc-André Ter Stegen (26), Arturo Vidal (31) and Kevin-Prince Boateng (32).
The youth of the eleven presented in earths oscenses shows the big projection of team that there is of face to the future. Besides, the majority of youngsters fulfilled with grow, especially debutantes like Moussa Wagué and Jean Clair Todibo, that had not played in the first team, or Riqui Puig, that only had done it some minutes in Glass of Rey.
Besides, as it announced the club, did almost 24 years that the FC Barcelona did not play with an average of age so young. The last time it went in the field of the Betis, a 7 October 1995, where the Barcelona won by 1-5 with the youngsters of 'the fifth of the Mini' as leading. Since that it did not go out with a team of age so low.
Players that ilusionan to the barcelonismo
The party against the Huesca did not serve so that it saw a victory, but yes so that some young players showed that have by in front a promising future. Jean-Clair Todibo and Riqui Puig were two clear cases of players that went out without complexes in his debut in League. Neither it is necessary to forget the youth of others more consecrated, like Dembélé or Aleñá.
