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XAVI And MÁRQUEZ CHANGE THE 'RULES'

Barça changes dynamics with the calls for youth players

Published:29/09/2023 - 10:17h

Updated:29/09/2023 - 10:17h

In the FC Barcelona have changed drastically the 'rules' to summon to the players of The Masia with the first team. If they do not have options to play, Xavi Hernández prefers to not to call them

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In the last weeks has been resaltante how has diminished the number of summoned of the FC Barcelona for each party. It is not a secret for anybody that the staff of the blaugrana is very short, with only 19 players of the first team, but Xavi Hernández has been avoiding call to a big number of canteranos that afterwards remain in the bench without options to play.

To put it in context, with the recent injuries of Pedri González and Frenkie of Jong, the Barça has 17 available players. They add of permanent way Lamine Yamal and Fermín López, those who have turned into important players in spite of his short age, in addition to Ander Astralaga that it is the third option for the goal, put for the trainer egarense is necessary to have, whenever has the opportunity, three guardametas available.

The Barça changes of plan

They have been 20 the players that have gone in, for example, in the list of the Barça to receive to the Seville and is a dynamics that will repeat along the season. 'SPORT' Has explained that it has arrived to a tacit agreement so that the players of the filial are not called to dynamics of the first team if they do not have real options to play under the orders of Xavi.

It is the case of, for example, Marc Casadó that in regular situations would be an indisputable player in the list of summoned. It is the big captain of the Barça Atlètic and had accumulated five calls to reinforce to the first team in LaLiga, but sum already three parties remaining to work under the orders of his trainer Rafa Márquez. They understand that it is preferable that do not change of dynamics and centre to 100% in the filial.

Xavi and Rafa Márquez, in constant communication

To take this decision, the trainer of Terrassa has been in constant communication with his homologous in the filial blaugrana, Márquez, with the one who saves an excellent relation. Both want to achieve that the Barça Atlètic arrive so far as it can in this season, with the dream of the promotion more than latent. They saw unnecessary that was Casadó present in front of the Seville and preferred that it follow preparing for the duel of the Sunday (17;00 hours) in front of the Celtic Fortune in the Estadi Johan Cruyff.