The son of Ronaldinho Gaucho, Joao Mendes, has done his debut with the elastic of the FC Barcelona in a friendly commitment to enclosed door in front of the Manchester United. The footballer of 17 years premièred with the 'Juvenile To' and also with some members of the 'Juvenile B', since the club presented a combination of the two categories.

According to the own Barça, the party served of preparation for the next meeting of UEFA Youth League against the AZ Alkmaar on 1 March. Joan Laporta confirmed the signing of 'Ronaldinho Júnior' in press conference and the idea of the sportive direction raisin reinforce the 'Juvenile To' with his services. However, it needs a period of careful adaptation to do with a place due to the fact that it arrives from the balompié Brazilian.

In front of the 'network devils' left some chispazos of talent but has left to glimpse that it still needs time to feel comfortable with the style of game culé. Also it needs several trainings because it is not accustomed to the European rhythm, although this is something extremely common for any footballer that incorporate to the philosophy barcelonista.

Aggregated pressure

Although it arrived to half of season and hardly is knowing to the rest of his mates, the true is that has an extra pressure for being son of a historical of the institution like Ronaldinho. "The pressure that has the boy is very big, because Ronaldinho has been of the best of the history. The son has pressure, but is work of our technicians that can develop his skills", recognised Laporta during an interview with the means of the entity.