Thiago Pitarch, Real Madrid's youngest Spanish player to start in UCL

  /  RichardYan

Thiago Pitarch the 18-year-old midfielder starts for Real Madrid against Manchester City in the 1st leg of UCL Round of 16. Therefore, he surpasses Raul and became the youngest Spansih player to accomplish this record. 

Raúl made his UEFA Champions League debut on 13 September 1995 in a 1-0 group-stage loss at AFC Ajax, which he has maintained the record of the youngest Spanish player featuring in a Champions League game for 31 years. 

Pitarch is quite excited after knowing this news, and he confessed after the match:"Real Madrid-Man City, these are games I usually play on FC, on PlayStation...it feels like a dream!"

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