Barcelona’s prodigal younger skills have begun flooding into the Spanish nationwide group and Pau Cubarsi and Lamine Yamal are on the forefront of that revolution.
Whereas the latter is a well-established starter for Luis de La Fuente’s aspect, Cubarsi has solely begun his rise as an everyday starter for La Roja.
Final night time, he began within the group’s all-important UEFA Nations League quarterfinal towards The Netherlands however was pressured to go away the sector early after sustaining a minor damage.
Van Dijk’s ideas
Talking to the media after the Netherlands’ draw with La Roja final night time, Dutch defender and Liverpool celebrity Virgil van Dijk was requested about Pau Cubarsi and what he considered the defender’s rise as an adolescent.
“I believe he’s an enormous expertise and a particular participant, taking part in at this stage at 18 years outdated is admittedly spectacular,” he mentioned by way of Mundo Deportivo.
Pau Cubarsi suffered an damage final night time. (Picture by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Photographs)
The star defender then went on to elaborate on Cubarsi’s type of play and what makes him so particular by way of ball-playing.
“Pau likes to make lengthy passes and he’s good at it and it’s one thing I love to do too.”
Lastly, he spoke about Cubarsi’s sudden damage on the night time which noticed the participant depart the sector early, though it isn’t thought-about a critical subject.
“I felt unhappy for Cubarsi, as a result of he obtained injured, however I believe he’s a fantastic expertise and we’re trying ahead to a participant with a brilliant future.”
To this point this season, the 18-year-old has made 27 appearances and 24 begins for Barcelona in La Liga. In that length, he averages over seven defensive actions per sport and has even racked up 3 assists.