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In mitigation, this was the last friendly of the pre-season, when all the best players were off on international duty. I picked my strongest available side and Barca's team was all reserves around age 20-22 (apart from Valdes in goal). But ****** ****, it's still Barca. And I still had to field a makeshift back 4 in front of a no-hope 18-year-old goalie, a team with only two players from my first XI, and only one of those - Klauss - in his best position. Bonkers.
Klauss almost merits a post in this thread by himself for his brilliant name. An early Christmas present to whoever it is that composes football chants (sorry).
In mitigation, this was the last friendly of the pre-season, when all the best players were off on international duty. I picked my strongest available side and Barca's team was all reserves around age 20-22 (apart from Valdes in goal). But ****** ****, it's still Barca. And I still had to field a makeshift back 4 in front of a no-hope 18-year-old goalie, a team with only two players from my first XI, and only one of those - Klauss - in his best position. Bonkers.
Klauss almost merits a post in this thread by himself for his brilliant name. An early Christmas present to whoever it is that composes football chants (sorry).