6 - Carles Alena

[navidjaan]

Watched him on Sunday! he got all the makings of a World Class midfielder, Vision, Shooting, Passes, Dictating a game. Reminds me of KAKA

He made plenty of dispossessions, though. Loads to work on.

 

[BarcaJack]

Too inconsistent. Way to go...

 

[Xavinho]

Named in the squad for the second leg of the copa tie against Valencia. He's the only Juvenil A player in there.

 

[Barcaman]

Excited to see him debut!

 

[FCBarca]

Excited as well, although I am again not thrilled with the idea of placing the young players in a pressure situation like Lucho did against Leverkusen. Even with qualification & 1st in the group done & dusted, we didn't learn too much in Germany.

 

[Barcaman]

Valencia will play some of their B players too while Lever was going strong still hoping for qualification.

 

[yahudi]

Excited as well, although I am again not thrilled with the idea of placing the young players in a pressure situation like Lucho did against Leverkusen. Even with qualification & 1st in the group done & dusted, we didn't learn too much in Germany.

Disagree here. In terms of learning, a highly contested game like Leverkusen is probably more beneficial than a training rollout against a lowly side without any hope/resistance whatsoever.

 

[Messi10]

should move this thread to the first team for a day congrats Alena, Deserved

 

[FCBarca]

Disagree here. In terms of learning, a highly contested game like Leverkusen is probably more beneficial than a training rollout against a lowly side without any hope/resistance whatsoever.

What did we learn in that match versus the risks to bringing youth kids along?

It's a moot point anyway as it seems Gaz & Valencia have taken a similar approach to tonight calling up youth players and resting veterans

 

[diegomessi]

Wow... He must be on cloud 9 right now.... Skipping the B team and getting on the first team bench. Hope he gets on and scores a goal. That would freak the footballing world out big time

 

[God Serena]

Calling up a Juvenil A player to play for the first team again. Oh, Lucho, you. This gives me flashbacks to when Lucho gave a certain striker who was really hot at the time a lot of minutes with the first team the same season he'd been promoted to Barca B...

 

[Trickykid]

Calling up a Juvenil A player to play for the first team again. Oh, Lucho, you. This gives me flashbacks to when Lucho gave a certain striker who was really hot at the time a lot of minutes with the first team the same season he'd been promoted to Barca B...

I really wouldn't spend many a sleepless night over that, buddy. We're stacked in midfield, and you can bet this won't repeat itself more than a few more times this season, if at all.
We've finally got a free game, which Lucho smartly uses to introduce a youth player to his future stomping ground. Really, what's not to like here?

 

[Flavia]

 

[pacp_96]

Verms face is making me lol

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

Huge for him. Good decision by Lucho.