Be careful with the Eurocup, time to come back later, Carles Rexac
The EuroCup is approaching and the Spanish team faces a big event with a group of players who identify well with each other and have been playing well lately, although it is true that the opponents were two lower level teams such as Andorra and Ireland. . In terms of football, they had a good time and the Barça players did their job, but in that sense I am now worried about the physical aspect and the impact that a tournament like this could have on Barcelona.
A man like Pedri, who suffers from physical problems, is now in a good moment, but let’s not forget what happened to him some time ago for training with the Spanish team in the summer and for which he later paid for the Spanish national team. Barca Club.
Obviously the Spanish coach wants to win, but he also has to take care of the players because in the summer not everything ends with the national team and we have to take into account that in these matches all the players in the national team want to give their best to prove it, but when you come back you come to the club exhausted and the club ends up paying for it when the season starts. And I don’t just mean Pedri, who has already experienced this first-hand. I’m talking about all the young players who may believe that this won’t affect them, but in fact it will. This is the problem for me with these international summer competitions.
On an individual level, Pedri and Lamin Yamal are having a great moment. They play freely and are confident in their abilities. Fermin, for his part, is another person who will be very important because he has a profile that, speaking from behind, has many powers and many goals. It’s a shame that Kubarsi didn’t make it in as he was left out and could have made a great entry based on his performances.
As for Ferran Torres, he is a man who, in the few minutes he plays, has a very high percentage of goals, and that is very important.
As for the non-Spanish culés, we saw Ter Stegen, angry because he will not play, and Lewandowski, who will not have to prove anything in the Eurocup because the new Barça coach, Hansi Flick, already knows him and knows how to get the most out of him. They are all experienced and know how to take care of themselves because it is important that they return safely to Barcelona.
We need Barça Athletic in the second division
Barça Athletic have one final hurdle remaining on their long-awaited promotion to the second division. Barça’s reserve team, for football reasons, should be able to beat Cordoba and qualify for the silver category, but ahead of them they will have a team with great tradition and history in the first and second categories. I hope that Barça does not pay attention to the opponent’s jersey and will be able to impose their style and football.
It is very important to have a reserve team in the second division because it suits the players best and allows them to progress to the first team with a much smaller gap in levels. Having a reserve team in the second division would allow us to do more important tests with players during the course and then test them with older players, which is what we did when we were in the first team.