Barcelona’s season seemed to be done and dusted for the most part already heading into February, especially after the loss against Villarreal at home.
That game pointed towards the end of Xavi’s tenure for good, and the Spaniard himself publicly resigned from the club following that defeat, saying that he will not remain in the Catalan capital beyond this season.
However, since then, the Catalan giants have somehow managed to find form out of nowhere and are now playing some of the best football Xavi’s tenure has seen so far.
Now on an 11-game unbeaten streak, a few players have been at the heart of this form.
Robert Lewandowski, of course, is one, scoring seven goals and giving three assists across this run. Lamine Yamal, Jules Kounde, and Ronald Araujo deserve to be credited, as well, but at the base of it all has been Pau Cubarsi.
Still only 17, Cubarsi has been playing well beyond his age this season and has put in absolute masterclass performances against Napoli, Atletico Madrid, and now Las Palmas already.
He is not the only teenage wonderkid in defence Barcelona have, though, as a certain Mikayil Faye is knocking on the first-team door.
Mika: A man in form
Barcelona extensively scouted and eventually splashed €1.5 million on Faye in the summer, bringing him in from NK Kustosija.
While he took some time settling into the Barcelona Atletic side under Rafa Marquez, the Senegalese is now one of the most important players for them now.
As recently as today, Barcelona went 2-0 down to Osasuna B, before starting a remontada. Pau Victor halved the deficit before the break, and an own-goal from Dimitrios Stamatakis brought the sides level.
Five minutes later, Barça won a free-kick from just outside the box. Faye stepped up to take it, and absolutely hammered the ball into the roof of the net, completing the comeback for his team.
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Author : Udhav Arora
Publish date : 2024-03-31 19:59:56
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