\r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div> The rotations of Hansi Flick and the numerous injuries within the FC Barcelona squad allowed the Bar\u00e7a team to take to the El Sadar field with the lowest average age for the cul\u00e9s in almost three decades. Against Osasuna, Bar\u00e7a’s XI averaged 23 years and 292 days old<\/strong>, with a total of 6 youth players and only 2 foreigners (Jules Kound\u00e9 and Robert Lewandowski).<\/p> Although the German coach’s experiment did not go well, the Heidelberg coach confirms his commitment to the kids to deal with a very tight schedule and a short squad. After the game, the Bar\u00e7a coach, although he was self-critical, made it clear that his objective, beyond trying to win every game, is to protect the players<\/strong> to avoid more injuries and try to play as well as possible.<\/p> “I think that after the break we will have more players recovered. There are many injured players, but it is not an excuse.<\/strong> In the second half, we played better. I think we are on the right path,” argued Flick. For Bar\u00e7a it is the second defeat of the season and the first in the League, where they leave behind a streak of 7 wins in a row (11, counting the last 4 of 2023\/24), but it does not compromise their leadership.<\/p> The last precedent of a similar ‘baby Bar\u00e7a’, much more positive<\/h2> For the cul\u00e9s, the last precedent with such a young lineup dated from October 7, 1995, also as a visitor. The team then led by Johan Cruyff jumped to Benito Villamar\u00edn with an XI in which 8 youth players appeared and only one foreigner<\/strong>, the recently arrived Luis Figo. The duel ended with a ‘little hand’ in favor of the Bar\u00e7a team (1-5), with goals from Roger, Figo, Celades, Toni Velamaz\u00e1n and De la Pe\u00f1a.<\/p> That Bar\u00e7a formed with Busquets (Sergio’s father); Ferrer, Sergi Barju\u00e1n, Abelardo, Carreras; Miguel \u00c1ngel Nadal, Roger, Figo, Juan Carlos Moreno; Velamaz\u00e1n and \u00d3scar Garc\u00eda<\/strong>. Pep Guardiola, De la Pe\u00f1a and Celdades would join the complement. The cul\u00e9s were third at the end of the season with 80 points, 7 behind champion Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid. That was Cruyff’s last season on the Bar\u00e7a bench, leaving his position vacant two days before the end of LaLiga.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona presented a lineup with an average age of 23 years against Osasuna. Since 1995\/96, the cul\u00e9s have not taken the field with such a young XI The rotations of Hansi Flick and the numerous injuries within the FC Barcelona squad allowed the Bar\u00e7a team to take to the El Sadar field with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":49020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,448],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-49635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga","category-laliga-2","tag-barcelona-vs-osasuna"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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