FC Barcelona made a New Monster out of PAU CUBARSI

By SoccerSat Team

Player of the Match performance at 17 years old. An incredible display from Pau Cubarsí!. The official Twitter account of the Champions League praises the new sensation from Barcelona.

Pau Cubarsi has already made the entire football community talk about him.

Pau Cubarsi has already made everyone change their minds about the age of centre-backs who can be allowed to be part of the top clubs' main roster.

Pau Cubarsi has already become a key player for FC Barcelona's first team.

In fact, Pau Cubarsi probably was the happiest guy on planet Earth after the clash versus Napoli

This kid is INCREDIBLE and he will surely mark an era in world football. Yeah, we're not exaggerating here...

... once Xavi announced the lineup for the second leg against Napoli, football fans were left in shock: Pau Cubarsi started his first Champions League in a crucial moment - literally, in Barca's MATCH OF THE SEASON!

Everything was FANTASTIC - Pau was named the man of the match, Barca beat the Parthenopeans 3-1 and qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals, and Cubarsi was absolutely over the moon when he received the UEFA MVP award - just look at all these emotions of pure happiness! Absolutely everyone was congratulating him already near the dressing room! What a crazy night for the young player that was! All of that praise was FULLY DESERVED!

His display against Napoli was outstanding: 100% aerial duels won, 100% ground duels won, 100% tackles won, 13 key passes completed, 5 clearances, 3 tackles, 9 long balls, 80 touches. Mamma mia! Keep in mind, he did it against one of the best forwards of our time - Victor Osimhen, whose price tag on the transfer market reaches €110 million!

Put it in The Louvre - you have to admit, we have a really beautiful moment there. The art of defending.

"Xavi gave me the details to try and stop Osimhen," told the hero of the match in the post-match interview, and Victor's rating in this match only confirms the fact that Cubarsi has done his homework for an A+!

Sure thing, Pau hit a number of records during that game, in particular, the statistical giant Opta highlights the following fact: 'Cubarsí is the first Barcelona player to complete 50+ passes (61/68), 100% of his tackles (3/3) and make 5+ clearances on his Champions League debut since at least the 2003/04 season'.

Barcelona also became the first team in Champions League history to feature two under-17 footballers in the knockout stage matches - Cubarsi and Yamal.

The tie itself went perfectly for Pau. Aside from this great tackle, Pau was responsible for a brilliant long pass that led Fermin to one-on-one situation - look at the replay, see how well Cubarsi detected his partner's move; see him taking part in the attacking build-up for the first goal; Check out how he executed phenomenally accurate diagonals - both to Lamine and Fermin; as well as did well defensively with clearances, blocking shots, proper ball recovering, winning aerial duels against Osimhen, and making other useful actions: for example, rebounding the ball. Needless to say, Cubarsi managed to impress everyone with his calmness in any game situation.

Xavi, of course, gave the best description of Cubarsi's performance:

"My pulse does not go up when Cubarsí has the ball. That's the best summary for him. Pau doesn't get nervous. He's very calm, his ball output is brutal, he has to pause, he generates attacking plays, he links up with interiors and forwards... It's a spectacle to watch him play."

"Today's one of the happiest days of my life! We are in the quarterfinals after 4 years, we are all very happy with the work we have done in the game," claimed Pau after the final whistle."

The journalists were not stingy with their praise after Cubarsi's remarkable display against the Italian side:

"Pau Cubarsí's performance is the one that would perform one of the best center-backs in Europe at 27 years old. It's nonsense what he's doing!" wrote Relevo journalist Albert Blaya Sensat.

"Pau Cubarsí is a fusion of Maldini and prime Piqué," one of the leading Barcelona journalists Toni Juanmarti describes the player's potential.

'Cubarsi might just be the next Puyol, and I don't say this lightly,' and this is the opinion of Rafael Hernandez, a popular Barca blogger.

"He's the perfect mix of Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol," Nestor, Planet Football journalist, thinks.

"Cubarsí made two passes that I won't be able to forget. I haven't been impressed like that since Koeman, Beckenbauer, or Piqué," and these are the words of El Chiringuito TV pundit Lobo Carrasco.

The young talent’s partners are also delighted with his recent accomplishments.

"Cubarsí is spectacular. We complement each other very well and I hope the partnership can last for many years. He's the club's future," says Araujo.