One of the great goalkeepers of La Masia 'surrenders' to his idol Ter Stegen

If there is a name that is beginning to raise big expectations in the Barcelona quarry with projection to the first team, that is Diego Kochen. The guardameta North American, of hardly 18 years of age and an imponente height of 1.88 m, presents like one of the big candidates to be the goalkeeper title in the maximum category of the Catalan picture in the future. An irrefutable proof of this is that the Barcelonan cast decided to renew his agreement with the institution until 2028 the past month of March.

To his time, the cancerbero formed part of the first team largely of the season 2023/24, being summoned until in 31 occasions and occupying with some regularity the place of third goalkeeper in the sportive planning of the trainer Xavi Hernández. In fact, had his no official debut like the guardian of the portico culé in the friendly that contested on 21 December against the Club America of Mexico (2-3) in Dallas, ingresando to the minute 62 and only conceding an annotation.

However, the name of the guardameta has earned importance recently by another reason. During an interview in 'Telemundo', spoke on several subjects related with his experience in the club of the City Condal. In the first place, Kochen expressed the lucky that feels to form part of the Barcelona club. "It is a dream because suddenly you are a day here playing in the state of Florida and such and the following are in the best quarries of the world", desveló.

Kochen Spoke of his experience in the FC Barcelona and his admiration by Ter Stegen

The one of Miami explained the emotions that experienced to the enterarse that the FC Barcelona was interested in doing of his services. "Never it had imagined it to me, never. Therefore I say that this is thing of dreams. It did not think that a day could be here to these heights. Claro, arrived here and began to play in the Marcet FC, as any boy, and clear when my father says me that a day that wants me the Barça no could it to me believe", signalled.

Added to this, Kochen did not doubt in elogiar the talent and the human quality of the big guardameta of the first team, Marc-André ter Stegen, with the one who probably had the opportunity to train and coexist during the season. "My idol? Like goalkeeper always was Ter Stegen, from the first day. It has been my idol since it was small, from the 12 years, and now can share changing room with him. I saw it happen and could not think that was sharing the same space with him. It is a knight", stood out.

The American also praised to Rafa Márquez

To close, the guardameta North American wanted to devote some words to Rafa Márquez, trainer of the Barça Atlètic, the one who gave him the opportunity to debut in the filial on 14 April in the defeat against the Unionistas CF (4-1) and to the one who seems to have in big esteem. "Márquez is a very positive person that always is giving councils to the that needs it. All the team knows that we can have he and that always will be there in difficult moments", concluded.