Xavi summons Ilias, the 17-year-old Barça B winger

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He is 17 years old. And Xavi, on his first day in Barcelona, ​​wanted to stop by the Estadi Johan Cruyff to see the triumph of Barça B over Sevilla Atlético (4-0). The new Barça coach did it after watching on television Barça’s chaotic draw at Balaídos (3-3) after the then Sergi team wasted a 0-3 against Celta.

Xavi took a seat in the Johan Cruyff box and enjoyed the display of Ilias Akhomach, a promising winger who scored two goals. Xavi took note and this morning, hours before the derby against Espanyol, he included that interesting forward on his first squad list.

Discarded at the beginning, recovered later

Ilias, of Moroccan origin, but born in Hostalets de Pierola, managed to overcome an initial dismissal in the Barça quarry. He entered it very early, standing out as a pre-baby, but then being Alevín A, they decided to do without him. He went to the Gimnàstic club in Manresa. And soon, Barça detected that he had been wrong, so they recruited him again. Madrid wanted him, but Ilias decided to return to Barça.

At the age of 16 he made his debut with Barça B and Xavi, after seeing him score two goals against Sevilla Atlético, he is now taking him to the first team

At the age of 16 he made his debut for Barça B and now, at just 17, he is appearing in the first team taking advantage of the plague of injuries that shake the front. And Xavi’s football, which he wants to implement as soon as possible at the Camp Nou, needs creative and unbalancing players, capable of being daring in one-on-one. Ilias is. He’s cheeky with the ball.

It has no extremes due to the casualties of the injured Ansu Fati and Dembele. Well, Xavi, as Koeman was doing, looks down and trusts Abde, who already had minutes against Alavés and Celta, and bets on Ilias. “Before starting the game we did not know that Xavi was in the box. The objective of all the players that are here is to get to the first team and train every day as well as possible,” said the winger after his two goals against the Sevilla subsidiary.

Now, he is part of the first team. And with options even to be a holder. “There may be some surprise in the starting eleven,” Xavi declared this Friday, even before providing the list of 23 players. A list that also includes four players who were out during the national team break.

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Pique, Eric García, Sergi Roberto and Nico have been discharged. And even Ilias himself received this morning permission from the Barça doctors to be included in Xavi’s first call. The name is, without a doubt, Ilias, who a sprained right ankle prevented him from playing for the Barça team against Atlético Sanluqueño. Perhaps it is the surprise tonight that Xavi announced for its premiere.



Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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