Puyol at 19 was still with Barcelona B. Piqué had played 0 games for United. Ramos was still proving himself at Sevilla. Iñigo Martínez was with Sociedad B.
Then there’s Pau Cubarsí.
A starter for Barcelona at 16, overlooked for Euro 2024, yet he made De la Fuente admit: “I was unfair to Cubarsí.”
At 19, he shut down Ronaldo, De Bruyne, Olise, Doku, Dembélé, and Messi, while completing 121/126 passes (96%) in the World Cup final. He finished the tournament with 7 clean sheets in 8 games, only 1 goal conceded, and was dribbled past just once.
The Young Player award couldn’t have gone to anyone more deserving. 🐐🇪🇸
Cubarsi locked down the entire Argentina attack, including Messi, got Enzo sent off,
He’s the reason Spain conceded just one goal all tournament. https://t.co/9waRHNCcai
Ninguna de las faltas que ves en este vídeo fue sancionada con tarjeta amarilla.
Tuvieron que ser expulsados Enzo Fernández, por roja directa, y Leandro Paredes, por doble amarilla.
Argentina juega con doce.