A starting lineup from La Masia at the World Cup

FC Barcelona will be well represented at the World Cup in Qatar, an attractive and competitive starting lineup can be drawn up with players that played at the Barcelona youth team. Reviewing the call-ups of the 32 national teams, ten players were formed at Barcelona and two others played at the youth team: Araujo and Abde.

A starting lineup with a 4-3-3 system will be formed by André Onana (Inter/Cameroon) as goalkeeper, with Eric Garcia (Barça/Spain), Ronald Araujo (Barça/Uruguay) and Jordi Alba (Barça/Spain) in the defense; Sergio Busquets (Barça/Spain), Gavi (Barça/Spain), Xavi Simmons (PSV/Netherlands) and Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig/Spain) in the midfield; and Leo Messi (PSG/Argentina), Take Kubo (Real Sociedad/Japan) and Ansu Fati (Barça/Spain) as forwards.

Abde (Osasuna/Morocco), signed by Elche for the youth team and on loan to Osasuna, he would be a substitute. Luis Enrique would be the coach for his past as a coach of Barcelona youth team.