Manchester United legend and Sports pundit, Rio Ferdinand, admitted he was torn apart by the brilliance of Barcelona’s teenage stars after the Catalans beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final at the Parcs des Princes.
Barcelona’s manager, Xavi Hernandez went into the game with 17-year-old Pau Cubarsi at centre-back and 16-year-old winger Lamine Yamal, and was rewarded, with both instrumental in the victory.
“Wonderful football, wonderful moments, goals galore, this competition never ceases to amaze me. It does it every year,” Ferdinand said on TNT Sports
“You come into it and wonder, ‘What are we going to get?’ Bang. Goals, crazy performances and people that come out of the woodwork.
“These young kids at Barca, they were tremendous today. You look at the performances of players at this level and think it’s the experience that gets them through but sometimes you need that fearlessness of the likes of Cubarsi and Yamal coming in.
“You think what we were doing at 17, 18 years old, there’s no way we could have gone in there and performed at this level with such energy and the aura, the way their chests are out like I’m meant to be here.
“It was unreal, really good to see.”
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