Barcelona coach, Xavi Hernandez, confirmed that Marc Guiu would be absent against Barbastro in the last 32 of the 2023-2024 Copa del Rey. The reason is, the 18 year old striker will appear with the Barcelona youth team.
Yes, Barcelona visits the Union Deportiva Barbastro headquarters at the Gminny Sportowy Stadium, Monday 8 January 2024. Even though they act as the visiting team, Barcelona is favored to win.
However, Barcelona is in poor performance in the last five matches in all competitions. Because, the Blaugrana – Barcelona’s nickname – only got two wins, one draw and two defeats.
In contrast to Barcelona, Union Deportiva Barbastro has had a good performance in the last five matches. Because, Union Deportiva Barbastro successfully achieved four wins and one draw.
Ahead of the match, Xavi Hernandez provided news about two future Barcelona players, Marc Guiu and Vitor Roque. He explained that Marc Guiu would not appear against Union Deportiva Barbastro, because he would strengthen Barcelona’s youth team.
“Marc Guiu is Barcelona’s future player, even though he has recruited Vitor Roque. Tomorrow he will join the youth team because there is an important match against Celta,” said Xavi Hernandez, quoted from Mundo Deportivo, Sunday (7/1/2024).
Furthermore, Xavi Hernandez said he would give playing minutes to Vitor Roque. He explained that the 18 year old striker was still not able to adapt well in Spain, so he was not getting enough playing minutes.
“Vitor Roque will get playing minutes but he lacks competitive rhythm,” explained Xavi.
Barcelona brought in Vitor Roque, after spending 30 million euros from the Brazilian club, Club Athletico Paranaense. However, he only had the opportunity to appear for 12 minutes in one match with the Blaugrana this season.
