Pep Guardiola was in a position to rest some of his players ahead of el clasico on Saturday as Barça faced Bate Borisov in Group H of the Champions League. Having already qualified for the next round Guardiola gave some youngsters a chance to show what they could do instead. Reuters says:
The Barcelona youngsters given a chance to shine in Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League Group H win over BATE Borisov turned in an “impeccable” performance, according to delighted coach Pep Guardiola.
Holders Barca had already reached the last 16 as group winners and Guardiola blooded a raft of recent youth-academy graduates in a starting lineup in which the 10 outfield players had an average age of just over 21.
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