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Barcelona’s La Masia has produced many bonafide legends over the years.
The most iconic set of players to have graduated from the academy remains the crop to have featured under Pep Guardiola, but the academy has had standout graduates before and after the golden generation.
The most recent players to have come up the ranks of La Masia are the first-team stars Pau Cubarsi and Lamine Yamal, both of whom are indispensable to Xavi’s plans.
A common finding in players growing in La Masia, unsurprisingly, is that they idolise players who have defined an era at Barcelona. After all, the likes of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi are gods of the Cruyyfian game the academy propagates.
Interesting choices of celebration
As revealed by El Chiringuito TV recently, celebrations by certain La Masia players in the recently concluded Iscar Cup clash against Real Betis left many viewers with eyebrows raised.
After all, many Barcelona players were seen advocating Real Madrid-style celebrations in the lower-rank matches. Cristiano Ronaldo’s trademark ‘Siu’ and Jude Bellingham’s iconic pose with arms outstretched were the two celebrations that raised the most curiosity.
Some La Masia players did the ‘Bellingham celebration’ and the Cristiano Ronaldo celebration during a youth match.
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While one cannot indeed place a restriction on the player a youngster idolises, Blaugrana stars openly advocating trademark Real Madrid celebrations is something less heard of, especially given the rivalry between the two sides.
Possible explanation
There is not much need to dig deep into the reason why Madrid’s influence is growing in the academy. After all, it can be described as a purely situational coincidence.
Jude Bellingham has taken La Liga by storm this season, and his iconic celebration has become one of La Liga’s poster photos as the months roll by. As one of La Liga’s top…
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Author : Adithya Eshwarla
Publish date : 2024-03-30 16:43:23
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