Xavi came out in the Super Cup final with seven starters aged 25 or less and Araujo, Koundé, Pedri, Balde and Gavi are already consolidated
Barça beat Real Madrid with an average starting eleven of 25.2 years
The future and present of FC Barcelona belongs to the young. A maxim that in the final of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid went from being a theory to a reality. Because despite having already shown these players a high level throughout this first part of the course, it is in the big games where they must receive their doctorate. And Xavi won his first title as Barça coach with an average starting eleven of 25.2 years.
The Barca coach’s pulse did not tremble. Neither the context nor the rival made him change his mind. A starting eleven with three veterans (Lewandowski, Busquets y Ter Stegen), three consolidated youths (Frankie Young, Christensen y Dembele’s) and five soccer players between the ages of 18 and 24 (Araujo, Koundé, Pedri, Bucket y Gavi). Experience and freshness, temperance and claw. It was the key to the success of a Barça that astonished the world with a soccer recital and the first title, perhaps, of a new era.
CHARACTER, PERSONALITY AND GREAT
And this is the way to go. The project for which so much work has been done and which has to be built around some Araujo, Koundé, Pedri, Bucket y Gavi that are already established holders and others Ansu Fati (20), Ferran Torres (22), Eric Garcia (22) y Paul Tower (19) -in addition to the goalkeepers Inaki Pena (23) y Arnau Tenas (21)- who are entering.
Araujo He is the oldest of them, having already spent two seasons in the first team and has become one of its leaders. Koundé He arrived in the summer and has shown a great level both as a center back and as a winger, also becoming a key player for the Barça coach. Pedri y Gaviearly explosion, they have inadvertently formed a pairing that excites and that, without wanting to make comparisons, inevitably reminds them of the one they formed Xavi e iniesta in its golden age. Y Bucket has been imposed in a fight with two experts such as Jordi Alba y Mark Alonso to occupy the left side.
And all of them can mark an era in the next ten years at FC Barcelona. Because they are the backbone of the present and also of the future.
