Far is the aspiration of Van Gaal to win the Champions with a Barça with eleven canteranos. Closer is from that historical alignment, with Tito Vilanovain which the initial team were every quarry players. But since that 0-4 in Levante more than 13 years have passed. Today, in San Siro, Flick You can get an eleven with an absolute majority of the Masia. And it is that the German takes 15 players from the quarry of the total of the 23 summoned.
It is worth Koundé It is injured and Attributed It is not registered, but Bucket, Married o Bernal They would be on the list if they were ready. The data is a source of pride culé. Four factors have determined that there are so many players who go up to train with the first team, stay in it and be part of the usual alignments. There are 5 conditions ‘sine qua non’ that have coincided over time.
1) the end of the Sacred Cows Cycle (of Messi a Busquets) has left spaces in the template where there were no.
2) The lousy economic situation of the club that has prevented signing the crack relay.
3) The bad results of the equipment allows opportunities. When you are in winning cycle, little margin is for new faces of the house.
4) The courage of the coaches. Koeman He made debut Gavi, Bucket o Nico. Con Xavi They debuted up to 16 songwriters, such as Lamine Yamal, Cubarsí, Fermín, Casadó or Iñaki Peña. Flick He has already given the alternative to eight kids from La Masía, such as Bernal o Gerard Martín.
And 5) the talent and self -confidence of all soccer players. If they did not do it as a film, they would have debuted and would have diluted. But all of them, culés to the core have earned the position in the first team for their own merits.