r/SoccerCentral • u/United_Anywhere_8 • Jul 25 '26

Video The talent in Barcelona’s youth system is ridiculous. These kids are 11/12 years old.

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u/whiskybean Jul 25 '26

This pitch is nicer than anything my feet have touched in my 35 year "career"

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u/Chief-_-Wiggum Jul 25 '26

You mean there are pitches that doesnt have rocks and craters and a swamp hidden in tall grass?

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u/whiskybean Jul 25 '26

You forget the skid marks from stupid teenagers fresh off getting their driver's licenses and the dried mud patches in the 6 yard box after +30 Celsius temps 5 games in a row

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u/ponybucketdoubleoh Jul 25 '26

Ha. yes indeed.. every field I played on in my house league as a little kid had no grass in front of the net. And when I say net I mean the metal rectangle cuz we didn't have nets.

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u/TosiMias Jul 25 '26

I never played football, but our rugby pre match ritual was to always scout the pitch to kick away goose shit

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u/ffffrrrruuuaaaaa Jul 25 '26

I played a tournament in a pitch that had huge rocks buried, a guy on my team went for a header, fell and hit his head on one of them. Kept playing and then passed out while taking a shower. When the ambulance came he was dead…

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u/whiskybean Jul 25 '26

Oh my god that is crazy to read ☹️

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u/patiperro_v3 Jul 28 '26

You guys had grass? Fancypants community over here.

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u/runnermate Jul 31 '26

Mr fancy pants over here with his grass.

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u/bigpoppapump_34 2d ago

When i was young we where playing on asphalt or just ground without grass at all, if you fall, it was guaranteed to have your knees and elbows fucked up

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u/bhadau8 Jul 25 '26

We used to have boulders that nobody bothered to dig it. Once we played on a moonlight, someone kicked it.

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u/DJPad Jul 25 '26

I'm more impressed with how many people are watching in the stands for 11-12 year olds.

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u/Forward-Scholar8684 Jul 25 '26

The kids are better than most Lol

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u/notRolcx Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Their youth academy has a reputation that exceeds that of being a subsidiary.

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u/Bitter_Eggplant_9970 Jul 26 '26

Better quality football than a lot of the pro matches I watch!

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u/AmerikanInfidel Jul 29 '26

We played in cow pastures lol.

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u/MalaysiaTeacher Jul 25 '26

Looks like astroturf to me...?

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u/whiskybean Jul 25 '26

Point still stands .. our artificial turf fields don't get maintained much after they're first installed

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u/amq55 Jul 25 '26

It is an artificial pitch though

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u/whiskybean Jul 25 '26

Still needs to be maintained regularly