He FC Barcelona Sub-20 directed by JULIAN BELLETTI landed this Wednesday at dawn in Janeiro River To dispute the Copa Intercontinental. The Catalans have the opportunity to add to their record one of the few international titles that still do not shine in the Barcelona showcases.
The culés, as current champions of the UEFA Youth League 2024-25, they reach Brazil with a combined sub-20 players formed by members of the current Athletic Barça and several soccer players Youth a To play on Saturday 23 (9:30 pm) the Copa Intercontinental Sub-20. The meeting will take place at the mythical stadium of Maracaná And the rival will be Flemishchampion of the Liberators.
It is a title that is disputed to a single party, organized by the Conmebol and the UEFA since 2022 and that always has the host the champion of the Liberators. This will be the fourth edition of a meeting that distinguishes the world category champion. He Barça will seek to take over from Benfica (2022), Boca Juniors (2023) y Flemish (2024) and thus lift his first rank.
It should be noted that Belletti You will not be able to count on some of the players of the Youth a that raised the Youth League last campaign, like the goalkeeper Aron Yaakobishvili (Sceding in the Andorra), The central Give it cospo (transferred to the Fiorentina) or the strikers Hugo Alba (Ofk Belgrade) y Arnau Prairies (Al Wharda). In addition, you can not count on the Malian Ibrahim DiarraLow due to injury.
Nor are the four songwriters who are still in first -team dynamics under the orders of Hansi Flick ('DRO' Fernández, Toni Fernández, Guille Fernández y JOFRE TORRENTS) since they could travel to Valencia For the second day of The League.
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The team will train Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Sports City of the Fluminense To prepare Saturday's clash in the best conditions. The hourly change is five hours less and the final will be played at 4:30 p.m. local time (21:30 in Barcelona). The legendary Maracaná It could witness a historic afternoon for the lower categories of the FC Barcelona.
