“It is always possible to dream and we will go for the ‘Champions’ with all the desire”

“Lamine is from another world and we are already seeing what he is capable of”

The FC Barcelona player Pau Cubarsí assured this Wednesday that they will go for the Champions League “with all the desire” and even more after achieving the direct ticket to the round of 16 of the competition, in a campaign where he is settled, at his Just turned 18, in the starting eleven of a Hansi Flick who gives him confidence and in a team that highlights the youth provided by the La Masia youth players and a Lamine Yamal who is “from another world.”

“You can always dream, because Barça is one of the best clubs in the world and must always aspire for the best, but always with your feet on the ground, game by game, and try, if possible, to go for the ‘ Champions’ with all the desire in the world,” he said in an interview on Barça One, after turning 18 on January 22, reported by Europa Press.

And he also believes that, despite the current bad streak in LaLiga (6 out of 24 points achieved), they are still in the fight for the league title, despite the fact that the leader Real Madrid is 7 points behind. “All the fields and matches are very complicated. And if you go out, for example, at 90 or 95%, then it doesn’t matter to you, because LaLiga is also very tight and all the teams can make things difficult for you at any time. So we have to go out every game psyched up. But there is a League. There is a League, there are 18 games left and yes, there is still a League,” he argued.

The young central defender assured that he is “living in the moment.” “I’m very good. Every time I go home the family helps me. I want to be calm with my friends, with the family, also disconnect a little from the world of football, which is sometimes crazy. But I also like to go to train, playing games, it’s what I like the most, it’s what I’ve always dreamed of and it’s what I’m doing,” he acknowledged.

“Yes, the truth is that I do feel privileged. Sometimes I don’t realize it, but I think every child would want to be in my place, so I have to realize that and make the most of it. In many things I have to improve “Every game I find new situations that I have to pay attention to and I have to train more,” he added.

On a personal level, he celebrated receiving praise from some of his idols, such as centre-backs Carles Puyol and Gerard Piqué. “My eyes open when I listen to them, Puyol and Piqué. It seems like you are in a movie, in which your idols, who you have always lived and had them as references, speak well of you,” he was sincere.

Praise shared by many fans, own and rivals. And that, being a minor, he faced a change of coach. “I expected that when a new coach arrived and also coming from a summer without a preseason, it would be more complicated. But from the first moment, the coach gave me confidence. And I also tried to work every training session and every game so that you see that you can trust me,” he said.

A situation similar to that of other La Masia values, such as Marc Casadó, Fermín López or Héctor Fort. “We at La Masia are all very young, but that is also because of the work that is done in the youth team, who already teach us and help us at any time in case you have the opportunity to go to the first team, and you are already more than prepared,” he highlighted.

But the great jewel in the crown is Lamine Yamal. “Lamine is from another world. I would say that I am not surprised by Lamine, because I have already seen everything since I was 11 or 12 years old when I joined. I have always had him on the team and I have always been able to enjoy it. And now that everyone can now enjoy it, we are already seeing what it is capable of,” he commented.