Spanish coach Luis De la Fuente is proud of those who play in the name of Spain because "they are very good."
He feels happy because youngsters have opportunities and reach the national team to show their talent. He is mostly referring to those from Barcelona and other teams. Real Madrid's talents remain hidden with no other objective than the club making a few bucks for them.
With the young talents that Barça has been bringing in over the last few years, Spanish soccer is at the top. There is Pedri, Gavi, Fermín, Balde, Cubarsí... and now Casadó. The Spanish coach is delighted with them.
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He joined Raúl González's message of help adding: "young people need opportunities."
De la Fuente said: “They are the best players and we make them feel comfortable so they can provide their soccer talent. It's easy to do so because they are very good.”
Referring to Casadó, he added: “We have a good present and a wonderful future. These players only need opportunities and this makes us stronger. They are voracious and inexhaustible and this competition brings out their best version.”
Pedrerol Stands Up for Ancelotti and Florentino
If De la Fuente applauds Raúl González, Josep Pedrerol, Florentino's useful pawn, was ruthless.
He reminded Raúl that his team, Castilla, is in the relegation zone. He is implying something in the lines of "what opportunities should be given to players who aren't the best in their category?"
Curiously, FC Barcelona has its reserve team in the same category as Castilla and has been failing for years in its attempt to get promoted to Segunda A.
Barça Atlétic is not Doing Better than Castilla
Right now, the blaugrana reserve team is in 16th place in the table. With only two wins out of 13 games played. So what?
Following Pedrerol's reasoning, Barça shouldn't have given any chance to its youth players. In recent years its reserve team hasn't been able to keep up either.
Fortunately, Spanish soccer is more than just Real Madrid and can do without the white players in the national team. That doesn't mean that talents destined for great feats are being left behind and excluded.
Does that mean Asencio doesn't deserve to be in the first team because Castilla is not working?