Back: Oriol Torres, Marc Bartra, Carles Planas, Marc Hernández, Gai Assulin, Álex Sánchez, Fran Sánchez. Front: Antonio Vela, Isaac Cuenca, Martin Montoya, Cristian Tello, Marti Riverola, Carlos Martínez.

La Masia, FC Barcelona’s own football academy, has become famous worldwide for its gift of producing football stars. In today’s first team 11 players have gotten their football education at Barça’s La Masia. One of them is the best in the world, Lionel Messi. His generation, the one of boys born in 1987, will forever be remembered as La Masia’s golden generation. We have all heard of this magic ’87 group in which Lionel Messi played together with his current fellow first team members Cesc Fàbregas and Gerard Piqué. A team that won everything. And was coached by Guardiola’s assistant coach Tito Vilanova among others. It was a special generation at Barça in which many of the team’s players went on to play elite football. But is it possible for us to see something like this happen again, a group coming up in the youth system of La Masia in which more than one player might succeed and become one of the best in the world?

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Former Barcelona forward Ruben Rochina (20) shared his thoughts with English tabloid newspaper Lancashire Telegraph. The Spanish striker is reportedly happy with the progress he has made at Blackburn.

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English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers have announced their signing of FC Barcelona B striker Rubén Rochina via their official website. The 19 year old player has signed for an undisclosed fee and now has a contract with the English club through 2015.

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FC Barcelona B’s Jonathan dos Santos has been given the approval to find a way out of the club this winter transfer period, according to ‘Sport.es’ today. And several clubs have already been contacted. The stipulated requirements asked by the club for any prospective new employer are that it can satisfy his sporting career progression and a €3 million compensatory transfer fee, thus avoiding a free move when his contract expires this June.

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The British press has published reports that Blackburn’s coach Steve Kean has set his sights on Barca’s young gem Ruben Rochina to reinforce his attacking line with either a loan or a permanent deal, according to Catalan sports daily Sport.

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Reports from English sources indicate that English Premier League team Blackburn Rovers would be interested in Barcelona B forward and Spanish youth international Ruben Rochina (19).

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France vs Spain, UEFA U-19 European Championship – Final.
(Friday July 30 2010 @ 19:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)

Six FC Barcelona youngsters Alex Sanchez (GK), Martin Montoya (RB), Carles Planas (LB), Marc Bartra (CB), Oriol Romeu (DM), Thiago Alcantara (AM) start the match for Spain, while Ruben Rochina (CF) starts from the bench.

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Spain vs England, Semi-final, UEFA U-19 European Championship.
(Tuesday July 27 2010 @ 16:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)

Six FC Barcelona youngsters Alex Sanchez (GK), Martin Montoya (RB), Carles Planas (LB), Marc Bartra (CB), Oriol Romeu (DM), Thiago Alcantara (AM) start the match for Spain, while Ruben Rochina (CF) starts from the bench.

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Croatia vs Spain, Matchday 3 of Group B, UEFA U-19 European Championship.
(Saturday July 24 2010 @ 16:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)

Four FC Barcelona youngsters Carles Planas (LB), Marc Bartra (CB), Thiago Alcantara (AM), Ruben Rochina start the match for Spain. Two players Alex Sanchez (GK), Oriol Romeu (DM) are on the bench, while Martin Montoya (RB) is suspended for the game.

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Spain vs Portugal, Match 1 of Group B, UEFA U-19 European Championship.
(Wednesday July 21 2010 @ 15:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)

Six FC Barcelona youngsters Alex Sanchez (Gk), Martin Montoya (RB), Carles Planas (LB), Marc Bartra (CB), Oriol Romeu (DM), Thiago Alcantara (AM) start the match for Spain, as forward Ruben Rochina starts from the bench.

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Luis Milla’s Spain side came from behind to open their Group B account with a win thanks to second-half goals from FC Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara (19) and Real Madrid striker Rodrigo Moreno (19). Six Barcelona youngstars started the game for Spain while forward Ruben Rochina (19) came on as a super-sub.

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Croatia vs Spain, Matchday 1 of Group B, UEFA U-19 European Championship.
(Sunday July 18 2010 @ 16:00 Barcelona time – Convert to local time)

Six FC Barcelona youngsters Alex Sanchez (Gk), Martin Montoya (RB), Carles Planas (LB), Marc Bartra (CB), Oriol Romeu (DM), Thiago Alcantara (AM) start the match for Spain, as forward Ruben Rochina starts from the bench.

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Madrid sports tabloid Marca reports that Spain U-19 coach Luis Milla has today released his final list consisting of 18 players for the European U-19 Championship’s, that will be held in France from Sunday.

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Spain U-19 coach, Luis Milla, today revealed a list of 22 players who will assemble at the Soccer City of Las Rozas, Madrid, from July 4th-14th in preparation for the final phase of the European U-19 Championship, which will be held in Caen, France, from the 15th to 30th of next month.

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Luis Milla’s side reached the finals of the UEFA U-19 European Championship for the fifth season running as an emphatic win sealed first place in Group 4. Six FC Barcelona youngsters started the game with another on the bench.

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The Spanish football federation (SFA) have announced the squad list for the qualifiers of the European Under-19 Championship, which will be held in July this year.

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Every week at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

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Every week at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

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Every week at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

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The list of futbol draft awards 2010, for young Spanish players, has been revealed. 132 young players were selected for the award; Barcelona have 19 youngsters on the list. The list starts from a pool of 132 players, which is then drafted to 33, and then the best 3 players from each position are selected.

Defenders

The list didn’t include any Barcelona goalkeepers but constituted nine defenders. In the right back position there is Barca Atletic’s Martin Montoya (18) and Juvenil A’s Albert Dalmau (17), while for the left back position Juvenil A’s Carles Planas (18) was selected. For the right centre back position, Barca Atletic’s Marc Bartra (18) and Juvenil B’s Eduard Campabadal (16) were selected. For the left centre back position there was a place for Barca Atletic’s Marc Muniesa (17), Andreu Fontas (20), Juvenil B’s Sergio Ayala (16) and Barcelona loan-out player and Sporting Gijon defender Alberto Botia (21).

Midfielders

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Every week at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

Juvenile Division Of Honor (Juvenil A):
CD Ferriolense 1-2 FC Barcelona A
Goals: Ruben Rochina, Jonathan Rodriguez
MOM: Ruben Rochina, was clearly a level above everyone on the pitch, showed pure class in both finishing and technical ability.

National Youth League (Juvenil B):
FC Barcelona B 6-1 CD Tortosa
Goals: Gael Etock (16) 4, Giorgi Chanturia (16) 1, Roger Canadell (16) 1
MOM: Gael Etock, star of the round. Scored an amazing super hattrick and proved again why he is one of the most promising stirkers to be playing at La Masia.

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The Spanish Football Federation has called up U-19 and U-17 Spanish players for training sessions that will be held on the 22, 23 and 24th of February. Four Barcelona players were selected for the U-19 squad, while two were selected for the U-17 squad.

Marc Muniesa (17), Ruben Rochina (18), Carles Planas (18) and Thiago Alcantara (18) made it into the U-19 squad. The squad contains mainly players born in 1991 while Marc Muniesa is a year younger.

The U-17  team has two Barcelona players in the squad, namely Rafa Alcantara (16) and Eduard Campabadal (16). The U-17 team contains players born in 1993.

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Every weekend at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

Juvenile Division Of Honor (Juvenil A):
FC Barcelona 5-0 Girona FC
Goals: Ruben Rochina (18) 2, Marti Riverola (18) 1, Isaac Cuenca (18) 1, Oriol Romeu (18) 1
MOM: Isaac Cuenca, scored one after a piece of individual brilliance and assisted Marti for his goal, literally ruled the left wing. Arguably the best game for the Juvenil A this season.

National Youth League (Juvenil B):
CE Europa 1-1 FC Barcelona B
Goals: Armand Ella (16) 1
MOM: Jose Palau (17), great game for the young defensive pivot. Is starting to show signs of class that he showed when he first joined the Cadets.

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Every weekend at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

Juvenile Division Of Honor (Juvenil A):
UD Poblence 0-3 FC Barcelona A
Goals: Ruben Rochina (18) 2, Marti Riverola (18) 1
MOM: Ruben Rochina, showed immense technical ability throughout the game and notched up two crucial goals, looked like he was never injured!

National Youth League (Juvenil B):
FC Barcelona B, 4-1 UE Sant Andreu A
Goals: Bacary Mendes (16) 1, Edu Campabadal (16) 1, Armand Ella (16) 1, Adrià Escribano (16) 1
MOM: Gerard Deulofeu, broke the deadlock against a highly defensive Sant Andreu side following a brilliant move to setup Mendes and looked extremely dangerous whenever he had the ball.

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Juvenil A players and Spanish youth internationals full back Carles Planas (18) and centre forward Ruben Rochina (18) have recovered from their respective injuries and will now be available to coach Garcia Primienta for selection. Both players might become key pieces of the team in their quest to regain the title.

In a friendly match against Santfeliuenc, Rochina suffered a serious knee injury. The forward was operated on the 30th of October for a ruptured internal meniscus on his right knee. Rochina missed ten league games.

In the sixth game of the campaign against La Penya Ciutadel, Planas suffered a partial cruciate ligament injury. The defender missed eleven matches.

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Every weekend at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.

Juvenile Division Of Honor (Juvenil A):
FC Barcelona 9-1 Terrassa
Goals: Gael Etock (16) 3, Martin Riverola (18) 2, Jose Palau (17) 2, Sergi Gomez (17) 1, Ruben Rochina (18) 1
MOM: Gael Etock, was being more of a super sub in recent games, but was on board today with a cracking hattrick, one of them a brilliant header. Special mention to Rochina for scoring on his comeback after a serious knee injury that kept him out for more than two months.

National Youth League (Juvenil B):
Damm CF 2-1 FC Barcelona B
Goals: Edu Campabadal (16) 1
MOM: It was a good overall game despite the loss, it was two poor defensive mistakes that cost us the game. Nobody really produced the individual magic needed to deserve the MOM.

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Catalan sport tabloid Sport has reported that Barcelona Atletic forward Ruben Rochina(18) has torn a medial meniscus in his right knee that will force him to undergo surgery. The surgery will keep him out of action for a minimum of two months meaning his return can’t be expected until the beginning of next year(2010).

Rochina was partaking in a friendly match with the Juvenil A team against Santfeliuenc -a game in which Rochina had already scored- when the player was brought to the ground after he felt the tear.

Rochina is the third Barcelona Atletic player to undergo a surgery this season after Thiago and Jaume Sobregrau Mitjans.

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Barca Atletico have have drawn their ninth game of the season against Alcoyano on Saturday at the Mini Estadi.

Many players missing

As has been the case so far this season Luis has again not been able to count on many of his troops. Marc Muniesa (17) and Sergi Roberto (17) were on international duty with the Spain U-17 while Thiago Alcantara (18), Victor Vazquez (22), Jonathan Soriano (22) have being out injured. Luis Enrique decided to replace young Marc Muniesa, Sergi Roberto with Andreu Fontas (19) who himself has just got back from Spanish U-20 duty and Ilie Sanchez (19) respectively.

Alcoyano opens the scoring

Alcoyano opened the scoring in the 2nd minute of the game with a goal by Victor Curto after a defensive mistake due to the lack of understanding between new defensive pairing Fontas (19) and Bartra (18). The reserves reacted quickly and showed first signs of warning in the 7th minute, as Joanthan Dos Santos (19) played Nolito (23) with a great through ball but he could not finish.

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The youth is turning into FC Barcelona Atletic’s best weapon to get going again, reports Catalan paper Sport. These Juvenil players formed the backbone of the team that obtained Barca Atletic’s second and most decisive victory of the current season against Sabadell (3 – 0), and they are destined to be used again over the season. The team under the coaching direction of Luis Enrique will be joined by Ruben Rochina (18), whose return to the reserve team has been brought about by Jonathan Soriano’s (24) injury.

The promising Valencia-born striker, who made the stage with the first team in London, was brought in the pre-season from the reserve, but has since returned to Barca Juvenil. Now, with Soriano out for three weeks, Rochina meets the requirement for a specific central striker role, although this position can also be filled by other players such as Nigerian-born Elvis Onyema (23) or Manuel ‘Nolito’ Duran (21). Luis Enrique will also have welcomed the return of Oriol Romeu (18) and Andreu Fontas (19) back into the squad. Both have returned in good condition after their participation in the U-20 World Cup in Egypt.

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