• Chronicle: Barcelona is reborn in Seville

The medical tests carried out on

Pedri

gave good news for Barça.

The canary suffers a stretch in the soleus of his left leg and, although his presence in the Cup against Sevilla is practically ruled out, his return to the pitch will not take as long as it could be expected at first.

Meanwhile, Ronald Koeman has found an ideal replacement in another young pearl: Ilaix Moriba.

Although they have different profiles, the 18-year-old youth squad performed at a very good level at Sánchez-Pizjuán.

And the Dutchman will reward his deployment with more minutes.

While building a future as a footballer, Ilaix is ​​still preparing a plan B. If the ball is his main working tool on the pitch, far from him are the scissors.

Since 2019, at the

Josep Pons

academy

, he has studied to be a hairdresser.

A professional activity that, seeing the speed that advances in the world of football, will leave parked for a long time, when it ends a career for which Barça has great expectations.

Ilaix has lived dreamy moments and others not so good.

After his debut in the Copa del Rey against Cornellà and his debut in the League against Alavés, he received a setback when the club asked the Spanish Federation to be excluded from the last list of the Spanish sub'19 team to have minutes with the older and ended up playing with the subsidiary.

He assumed it with discipline and Koeman knew how to value that gesture.

After Pedri's injury in Seville, betting on Riqui Puig seemed the most logical thing to do.

Instead, it was Ilaix who jumped onto the pitch.

There, he physically emptied himself to squeeze the rival's ball out, but he also left quality flashes, such as the heel pass to Messi in the play that the Argentine would culminate with the 0-2.

A bow to the coach

“He was good with the ball, he worked, pushed and contributed a lot in the final stretch of the game and I think it should be highlighted.

He is a young player, he is learning a lot and has a great future.

That he entered such an important game in that way is a very good thing, "the Dutchman analyzed after the game.

Ilaix, for his part, thanked him for the minutes he had in a very curious way: with a bow before taking the path to the changing rooms.

At Barça, everyone is convinced that this midfielder has a bright future ahead of him.

And, for now, it is living up to expectations.

Ilaix was born in Guinea Conakry on January 19, 2003 and arrived very young in Barcelona with his parents.

After a brief stint at

Espanyol

, he joined the Barça club's quarry when he was only seven years old.

His progression throughout this time has been so spectacular that he has been jumping steps two by two until he ended up playing in categories up to three years older than his.

With this outlook, it is not unusual that, two years ago, the club renewed his contract to ensure a token of about two million euros until June 30, 2022 and put a contract termination clause of 100 million.

His football affairs are handled by the same agency that represents his teammates at Barcelona,

Iñaki Peña

and

Sergiño Dest

.

This company also deals, among others, with

Gareth Bale

and

Saúl Ñíguez

.

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