Chronicle: Barça once again believe in the League (0-2)
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The traditional resources of Barcelona were completed in Pamplona with the contributions of the thriving youth.
Jordi Alba's
0-1
, in his lifelong play with
Leo Messi
, gave oxygen to the Barça team until in the final stretch, a shot from outside the area by
Ilaix Moriba
rounded off a solid victory, which serves to get closer to just two points off the lead.
It was Messi's eighth assist for Alba's last 16 goals, each day more comfortable in his role as a winger, with three centrals behind.
Barça's defensive security translates into four consecutive
clean
sheets for
Marc-André Ter Stegen
, who has stopped 17 of the last 23 shots received in the league.
On the other side of the field
Pedri
stands out
, always in connection with Messi from the left profile.
The 18-year-old youth squad participated in 100 plays, a round figure, the highest in La Liga for such a young footballer since the 2005-06 season.
Although for precociousness, that of Ilaix, already converted into the fifth youngest scorer in the history of Barça, behind
Ansu Fati
,
Bojan Krkic
, Messi and Pedri.
«I have been raised very well»
Ilaix, coincidences of life, scored precisely in the same stadium and in the same goal in which Ansu had opened his account.
They told me.
It is something that makes me very happy, because Ansu is like my brother, “said the midfielder in the Movistar microphones.
«I had already played some games in which it was difficult for me to get close to the area.
You always see me there, I like to get there.
Leo gave me a goal pass, I don't even know how I cut, I shot with my left and, thank God, he entered.
This I will never forget.
I'll take it to the grave with me, ”he admitted.
The Argentine was already very clear from the beginning what he had to do.
And so he insisted as soon as he started working with the elders.
"Leo, from the first game he told me: you shoot, shoot towards the area ', and that's what I did today, shoot and shoot," explained an Ilaix full of joy for a dedication premiere.
«I dedicate it above all to my father, who is always giving me advice, to my mother and to my entire family.
They have raised me very well », reiterated the young man on Barça TV.
His goal closed a game that threatened to get complicated and that prolongs a great streak away from home in the League.
“We are going to fight until the end, it is the DNA that we carry at the club.
At La Masia they have taught me a lot.
And on Wednesday, in the Champions League, we are also going to fight hard ", he stressed.
"They deserve the opportunities"
Ronald Koeman
, of course, praised the kid.
«It was a great goal in a difficult game.
With the 0-2 we sentenced him.
Ilaix, every time he comes in, he gives something extra to the team, because of his personality and his youth.
With the ball he is always good, he is a strong boy and he is gaining ground to be more and more with the first team », pointed out the coach, whose commitment to the youth of La Masia is very much to the liking of the Barça fans.
"Of course we are proud to be able to bring in young grassroots players, but not because people want it, but because they are showing that they deserve it," he explained.
«In the Netherlands it is easier to let them in, the level of the championship is not the same, but there is a lot of talent in Barça's grassroots football and the boys deserve to have opportunities.
They are the future, but, in the end, what counts is winning.
And if we can do it with young people and with the changes we are making, then even better ”, he stressed.
With the victory, he will also be very aware of a derby between Atlético and Real Madrid that he will be able to live with the satisfaction of the duty accomplished.
«The most important thing was our party.
Now, it's time to sit down and wait.
Any result will be good for us.
With the result of tonight, above all, I think there will be a League until the end of the season, "he said.
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