Darvich, Guille and Mbacke had their first 'big day' with Barça

Published:12/10/2023 - 18:07h

Updated:12/10/2023 - 18:19h

FC Barcelona played a friendly match against its subsidiary, Barça Atlétic. This match has been special, since, although it is a friendly duel, pieces like Noah Darvich, Guille Fernández and Mamadou Mbacke have had the opportunity to play for the first time with the first team

The FC Barcelona took advantage of the absence of varied of his usual players in the first team to contest a friendly party against the Barça Atlètic in his last training of theweek . The combined Barcelona had a mix of players of the Atlètic and of the Juvenile To, with alone five players of the first team.

In this duel, there were special moments for some players, since it was the first time that dressed the T-shirt of the Barça in his maximum category, although it was in a friendly context. The midfield player Guille Fernández, the attacker Noah Darvich and the defender Mamadou Mbacke, formed part of the cast of Xavi and contributed to the victory by 2-1 on the filial, with goals of Sergi Roberto and Nil Calderó.

Darvich, Guille and Mbacke did not defraud with the Barça

According to the journalist Toni Juanmartí, Darvich (16), the one who arrived to the Barça Atlètic in the last market of signings and has contested 126 minutes with the filial of Rafa Márquez, and Guille Fernández (15), the one who plays in the Juvenile To, left good impressions in the 'staff' technical of Xavi Hernández. It has determined that both players have exerted well and have showed personality.

On the other hand, Mamadou Mbacke has confronted a more particular situation, since it still has not been able to play in official competition with the filial because of problems with his documentation. Therefore, these minutes of competition in the friendly clash have been beneficial for him and also has left a good impression.

Why Xavi did not include in his team to Mika Faye and Pau Cubarsí?

Regarding the defenders Mika Faye and Pau Cubarsí, were not included in the plans of Xavi for this friendly, although they consider valuable options to replace to the lesionado Jules Koundé. The technician of Terrassa, in consensus with Rafa Márquez, decided not altering too much the eleven of the filial, since have an important meeting against the CD Teruel next Sunday in search to go back to the senda of the victory. The only change in the usual alignment was the absence of the right side Héctor Fort.

In another order of ideas, this training was the last of the week for the first Barcelona cast by this week, since there will be official activity because of the international stop until the Sunday 22 October, when they confront to the Athletic Bilbao.