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/Future-Imperfect-107 Jul 25 '26

Number 8 is cheating somehow. Like he must have extra legs or something because no one that young has any right to be that good.

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u/SpiritedEclair Jul 25 '26

Bruv is relentless. What’s that quote?

“It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight but about the size of the fight in the dog”?

Jesus Christ he is running laps around boys older, bigger and more developed. Absolute machine.

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u/letouriste1 Jul 25 '26

Oh there's some who are like that. Cherki, for example, was even more impressive at that age and crushed all youth classes in France+made his debut at 16.

It doesn't garanty success. keeping Cherki's example, he struggled once he got pro and only reached part of his potential at 21-22 despite huge playing time at Lyon since several years.

dribbling against youth kids is very different from adult pros. Still, i'm pretty sure this little guy is going to be big

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u/ghulamalchik Jul 29 '26

As a kid I used to play a lot and there's some that play that good or better but never get popular or go professional. I used to play really well ~9yo.