2023-11-09 12:27:41
Weekends at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper are a great showcase for Barça’s youth players. That’s how I met Marc Bernal, the new pearl of La Masia.
His beginnings outside the Masía
Bernal started, like everyone else, playing for the club in his town, the CE Berga. It didn’t take long for him to sign Gymnastics of Manresaa team with a collaboration agreement with the FC Andorra of Gerard Piqué. When he was 6 years old he signed with FC Barcelona, with which he has represented the Benjamin, Alevín, Infantil and Cadet categories. The first game I saw him, in February 2023, was against Gimnàstic de Manresa. He was the captain of Cadet A of the Honor Division.
Marc es pivot and is characterized by being a fast player, despite his 1.88 m Tall. Es left handed and has a very good ball kickproof of this are the two goals he scored against the Sestao River in the 1-3 of Barça Atlètic. understand the position game to perfection, so much so that with Juvenil B, in one of his appearances last year, he played interior. Rafa Marquez hallucinated with the young man 16 years and he took it during the Barça Atlètic preseason. To date, he has played 11 games alternating the pivot position with Marc Casadó and accumulates more than 500′ in the subsidiary.
He “27” of the subsidiary changes its number to “6” when it disputes the UEFA Youth League, the youth “Champions”. The defensive midfielder played the entire game in the 0-2 victory against Porto and participated in 60 minutes against Shaktar, where the Barça team won again. Currently, they are leaders of the group stage without having lost a game.
Pressure management
When players appear The Farmhouse, with so much capacity to contribute to the first team, means that things are being done well. From there, you have to know how to manage your arrival to the elite so that it doesn’t happen to you like it did to others. Bojan o Riqui Puig, For example. You have to surround yourself with professionals who help you achieve fame. How many times have we heard “Pedrithe new Iniesta”? Many. However, this player has given a very high performance despite the pressure he was under. He passed it to Ansu con Messia Arthur con Xaviand it could happen to Bernal with Busquets, even if they are not the same player profile. In fact, I would bet the comparison will be with Rodri, player of Manchester City.
Belongs to the generation of pearls like Pau Cubarsi, Pau Prim o Lamine Yamal. He has shared a team with Marc Guiuwho shone the day he scored the winning goal against Athletic Club and has participated in some training with the Barça first team.
Xavi has shown that his pulse does not tremble when it comes to choosing the youth team in difficult moments. Both the Egarense coach and Deco are aware that they have an option at home to find a remedy for that pivot that has been missing since Busquets left for Miami. Given the poor performance that he has shown Oriol Romeu these first months and the injury of De Jonglet us not be surprised to see Marc Bernal as a solution.
Currently, the Barcelona player is preparing for the U-17 World Cup that will start on Friday, November 10in which Spain will face Canada in Indonesia.
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