Barcelona endured an ugly game on Tuesday night at the Camp Nou. As soon as Lionel Messi was taken off at half-time, things stopped working.
His replacement, Ousmane Dembele, caused some chances, but Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez failed to finish them. But there was some positivity to emerge, again in the form of Ansu Fati.
The 16-year-old had already created his first moment of danger within 30 seconds, and he didn't stop there. He became the most incisive player in the 15 minutes he had on the pitch, and that was enough for him to do more than any of his teammates, Messi included.
Ansu has a magic tough, and the Camp Nou erupted when he came on.
Barcelona won't want to burn him early. Messi himself explained the need to be cautious with him, but he's already surpassed Carles Perez in the list of promising youth products at the club.
Luis Suarez was a disaster. He was whistled as he made way for Ansu, and he may not be untouchable anymore.
Gabrielmills
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Ansu will be the best one day if he continues to do what he's doing
giriraj10
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barca can't whistle a legend like Luis Suarez..... those who does this are more dangerous than valverde
Abumuhseen7
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footballworldfresh
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Playing for Spain U17 can't help this guy at all....he needs to play for the senior team...This guy is too good ....I saw his performance yesterday..he had no pity on his aged opponent when he was destroying them...No fear ,no pressure ,all confident...This guy will have playing time in Spain even more than his present team Barcelona.. He is one on the best players graduating from Barcelona academic including that small lad Puig...