Dani Rodríguez put Barça ahead with a great free-kick and a few minutes later Deml equalized; the azulgranas deserved the victory
With the lead and classification in his pocket, Óscar López took the opportunity to rotate
With the lead and qualification for the round of 16 of the UEFA Youth League already in their pocket, Barça’s Juvenil A sealed the draw in Plzen in a game that went from less to more and deserved to win in a great second half.
DATA SHEET
UEFA Youth League
VIK
FCB
LINEUPS
Victoria Plzen
Bayer; Keltycka; Vacek; Paluska; Falout; Deml (Lorincz, 79′); Gaszczyk; Sojka; Stauber (Cerveny, 63′); Dabani (Kule, 62′); Hasek (Novak, 90′)
Barca
Nerd; Anaya (Biel, 44′); Cubarsí (Sergi Domínguez, 78′); Georgiev; Xavi Moreno; Caravaca; Pau Prime; Dani Rodríguez (Aleix Garrido, 66′); Lamine Yamal; Marc Guiu (Luzzi, 66′); Derek (Alarcon, 78′)
goals
0-1, Dani Rodríguez (5′); 1-1, Deml (11′)
Incidents
TJ Prestice Stadium. Match corresponding to the last matchday of the UEFA Youth League group stage
Oscar Lopez took advantage of the fact that the homework was already done to give rest to those who accumulated the most minutes in the European competition and reward the less usual and the youngest, some of the Juvenile B or even the Cadet. They debuted with Juvenil A Pau Prime Y Pau Cubarsi -they also did it in European competition-, and it premiered Lamine Yamal as a starter in the Youth.
Great goal from Dani Rodriguez
Five minutes later, Barça, who had managed to dominate in the early stages of the match, was already winning while Viktoria tried to impose their plan with high pressure. dani rodriguez was the author of the azulgrana goal and opened the scoring with an impeccable goal from a direct free kick to the squad, unstoppable for Bayer. Shortly after he managed to equalize Plzen with a shot from Deml from inside the area that caught the Barça defense off guard.
Exhibition of Pau Prim and Lamine Yamal
The electronics did not move anymore although there was no lack of chances for both teams, more for Barça than for Plzen. In the second part Barça deserved to win and they were able to score the second Alarcon, luzzi Y Lamine Yamalwhich grew during the game at the same rate as the team as a whole and was a real nightmare for the Czech defense. Cubarsi and then Sergi Dominguezin the second half, stopped Viktoria’s most dangerous attacks.
The best, therefore, was Pau Prime, who controlled the tempo of the match, the rudder of his team and the direction of each pass to his teammates. A defensive pivot with a bright future ahead of him.
Barça thus closed a virtually flawless group stage, with four wins and two draws. An undefeated condition that he hopes to maintain in the next phase of the UEFA Youth League.