Congratulation Barcelona's U19 for winning European U19 championship (UEFA Youth League), an equivalent of Champion League for clubs U19.

Despite the 1st team having crazy hard-time on and off the field, with all the kocked-out, lost, ban, accused child-trafficking bullshit (by some), their La Masia yet again has produced another hell of a generation of talents.

Munir El Hadadi strucked a SENSATIONAL WONDER GOAL from further than half-line to secure a 3-0 win against Benfica in the final in Nyon, he also a top-scorer.

Hat off to La Masia, also my support for Barca's the club to overcome their worst time in years

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2604361/Barcelona-3-0-Benfica-El-Haddadi-wondergoal-seals-stunning-victory-ultimate-stage.html

We faced harder times in the past with the financial crisis, by having a strong youth system, we have many guarantees to stay strong no matter what happens : bans, sanctions....

yeah I know, good luck Wednesday though, u will need it

With Pinto as a Goal Keeper, im watching the game for the fun :).
I dont know if the players already thinking of the world cup or they will play this game with passion.
Martino failed to motivate his players in key games and it annoying me, not the results but the atitude...
Go Barça, secure another trophy Martino or goodbye...

Haha I just saw that you posted this tuan_jinn, we could forget about the other one… Question: How do you use bold lettering?

@tiki_taka, I didn't know that Barça opened those youth centers in northern Morocco. That is great news to me, but I'm sure it's hardly news. El Haddadi was born in Madrid though, according to wikipedia.

Im not saying he is comming from those centers, im just saying that some African youth would be given a chance in the future and i find it really good. Thanks to Laporta.

Got you, yes I agree. Aah, the North. There always seems to be opportunity in the North…

On a side note, it seems the Spanish national team has potential to become more culturally diverse in the near future. We can see it has already begun with the likes of Marcos Senna, Diego Costa, Thiago Alcántara (I know he grew up in Spain), and perhaps El Haddadi if opts for Spain over Morocco, that is if the time comes for him to choose.

I know it isn't the first time but it's become more evident in recent times. The likes of Germany, France, England, Belgium, and so on, all have very diverse squads. Spain seems to have the least diverse. Just an observation.

@ikoiko: yeah no problem. I posted it early this morning (3:00 AM) when I had to wake up to do some work, probably this morning you missed that since you are also excited to share that wonder goal.

Btw, if you want to use bold, italic do it like in word, ctrl + B or ctrl + I. :) Just make sure dont over abuse them, I do sometimes

@tiki: well, to me Barca ONLY has to work the mental out... then you still have big chance against Madrid, playing El Clasico is a big motivation and can surpass world cup fear.

yep, Haddadi only had root as a Moroccan, he is not though, he's born in Spain (people on other website are fighting over this). But Barca youth centers are great, that's why I have been rooting for them against those that accused them for doing child trafficking etc, or Fifa (utterly bullshit)

Thanks Tuan

Here are his goals from the tournament if anyone's interested. He's got some noticeable quality there, especially the goal after the 1:30 mark.