In a La Liga match that ended in the early hours of this morning, Barcelona, which has not been paid much attention, once again lost face on the road, and the lead was once again drawn by the opponent. I believe that neither passers-by nor Barcelona fans can remember how many times Barcelona have encountered such embarrassing situations this season, but it is gratifying that in this game, Nick Gonzalez and Aboud, two young players in youth, have made their first-team debuts.
According to statistics, Barcelona has already 37 people in the first team squad this season, in other words, in addition to the regular 25 players in the first team, as many as 12 youth players have entered the team roster, and some players have even become the team's regular rotation at one time, including Abd, Nick Gonzalez and Garvey, who started in the just-concluded game, these players have not only become the rotation of the team, but also the team's starting players in the difficult period of the team.
If only from the strength of the players, among the young players in Barcelona, there is probably only one Pedri who has the ability to sit in the main position, and even Ansufati, who is excellent in shooting, is more like a rotation player. But under the current dilemma, after sending away high-paying and high-energy players such as Messi and Griezmann this summer, what Barcelona is left with is a striker who is free of signs or even on loan, as well as a group of high-paid and low-energy so-called middle-aged players.
It can be said that in the history of Barcelona's team, success is inseparable from the club's youth academy, including the crazy 87 generation, which has brought the most glorious period of history to the team and won countless honors.
But what is certain is that even in the La Masia academy, it will be difficult to produce a new Messi. Because in the past 17 years, many young players like Messi, including the crazy record-breaking Bojan and others, have been advertised to surpass Messi's existence, but Messi has been waiting for 17 years, even if he finally leaves, he has not found his own suitable successor. Even players like Pedro, Pique, Puyol and Habbai, Barcelona have not been able to find another one.
If there is a similarity in history, then today's Barcelona can be said to have the best conditions, chaotic Barcelona, poor Barcelona, giving a lot of time and space for youth players to grow, if the current group of young players fail to grow into the main players, then for Barcelona, it can be said that it is the final way to save themselves.
For now, among the young players who play for the first team, in addition to Pedri, who has been firmly in the main force, the most promising to grow into the club's first team players are Ansufati, Nick Gonzalez, Garvey, Abd, Ilias and others, but as Xavi said, a mature club cannot be run by a small ghost, so the little ghost is only current, and it is impossible to continue, so in the limited time of this season, if you fail to seize the opportunity, Then these youngsters are likely to return to the bench or even the B team again, becoming a product sold by La Masia.
It can be said that Barcelona is also a young player, but the defeat is also a young player, this sentence is not to say that the young players are too bad, but in the current situation, these young players can not take on the responsibility of revival, it is more difficult to prevent the decline of Barcelona.