A few hours before the derby between Barça and Espanyol on Sunday in Montjuïc, both teams arrive with very different dynamics. The Blaugranas are outstanding leaders of the League, after a great week in which they beat Bayern and Madrid. On the other hand, Espanyol faces the match after passing the round in the Cup, but sunk in the standings, just one point away from relegation.
Therefore, Barça faces the match with a lot of confidence and calm. A tranquility that is reflected in one of its starting centre-backs, Pau Cubarsí. The quarry player attended the interview You will say from RAC1, where he reflected on the role of young people at the start of the season: “Sometimes we are not aware of what we are doing, being 17 years old and playing like this on a first division or Champions field… We, as if we were in the schoolyard.”
Pau Cubarsí has consolidated himself in Flick’s eleven
Regarding his calmness on the pitch, he argues that the years of learning in Blaugrana youth football have helped him play naturally: “At La Masia, you always have important matches and tournaments, you get used to it.”
Precisely, from his time at La Masia, Cubarsí knows Lamine Yamal, whom he sees as a future winner of the Ballon d’Or: “Now everyone is seeing what Lamine is, but I have lived it for many years and I already know what it is like.” ; and I think he has the capabilities to achieve it.” “I think he has no ceiling, he is at a spectacular level and he helps us a lot,” adds the Girona defender about the Rocafonda winger. Of course, laughing, he comments that “it’s hard for him to dribble me in training, although it’s annoying for defenders to stop him.”
Pau Cubarsí debuted with Xavi Hernández
Pau Cubarsí made his debut last season with Xavi Hernández on the bench, “I thought he would have some minutes, and he trusted me completely, I will always be grateful to him.” He explains the team’s metamorphosis this season by “a change in mentality, because we haven’t changed players either.” Looking to the future, he says that “Barça is the club of my life and I want to defend its colors whenever possible,” and that his idols are Carles Puyol and Gerard Piqué.
Off the field, Pau Cubarsí studies his second year of social baccalaureate at La Masia, from three to eight in the afternoon on weekdays, and explains that “if there is a Champions League I have to ask for notes or be more attentive the next day.” He also admits that he plans to continue studying: “I would like to do a degree in marketing or business administration, but we’ll see… First I have to get my high school diploma.”
Recover the complete interview with Pau Cubarsí by Aleix Parisé and Roger Saperas in the You will say from RAC1.
The original article was published in RAC1.
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