Former World Cup winner in awe of Barcelona defensive expertise – ‘Are you kidding me? Unimaginable’

Pau Cubarsi’s explosion within the Barcelona first-team setup has been unprecedented. The La Masia ace made his debut for the Blaugrana final season at simply 16 years of age and required just a few matches to cement his place within the beginning lineup.

Now 17, Cubarsi is an indispensable member of Hansi Flick’s defensive position, which is standing out for its coordination in catching opponents offside, and is carving out a spot for himself within the Spain nationwide workforce as nicely.

The teenage defender’s excellent type has not gone unnoticed by main figures within the lovely recreation, one among who occurs to be former France defender Adil Rami, who has showered reward on Cubarsi.

Rami in awe of Cubarsi

Rami, who was a part of the France squad that received the FIFA World Cup in 2018, praised the extent of tactical understanding and maturity that Cubarsi has proven this early in his profession.

“How can he be a tactical phenomenon at his age? 17 years outdated… Are you kidding me? Unimaginable,” stated Rami whereas reviewing one of many performs from the Catalan derby between Barcelona and Espanyol final weekend.

Additional analysing the play, Rami continued: “The attacker positions himself to make a cross along with his proper foot after which Cubarsí scans, follows his marker after which stops.

“Then, nonetheless, the hazard is on the opposite participant arriving from the second line and there he can’t do something. However he does it completely.”

Cubarsi has been wonderful for Barcelona. (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Pictures)

Rami went on to reward your complete defensive position of Barcelona, citing the variety of offside calls they received throughout the Clasico in opposition to his compatriot and Actual Madrid megastar Kylian Mbappe.

“After they inform me that Kylian Mbappe was offside I don’t know what number of occasions in opposition to Barcelona, I say: I congratulate Barcelona, their defence and Cubarsi,” stated Rami.

“As a result of the offside traps because the starting of this season are to be applauded for his or her defence greater than to assault Kylian Mbappe for his positioning errors,” he added.

In truth, Barcelona are by far the workforce in Europe that catches their opponents offside probably the most – 99 occasions in complete this season with 13 objectives getting overturned.

The important thing to Cubarsi’s success and Barcelona’s sensible deployment of the offside lure, factors out Rami, lies within the every day work:

“They do it so nicely as a result of they’ve labored loads on it in coaching,” he stated.

Supply: SPORT