Cruyff Turns Heads at Barça/Flick Training Session in Istanbul
The German head coach has called up a Barcelona youth team player, who has a youth league match tomorrow, but the move took place outside the first fifteen minutes of open media access.
According to "Verzeh Se", Barcelona club is now in Turkey to face Galatasaray tonight in the second round of the group stage of the European Champions League. The Blue Caravan and the Pomegranates landed in Istanbul with a little delay compared to the expected schedule; The situation affected the travel schedule and caused both news conferences and the evening training session on the grass field to be postponed.
Amidst this logistical problem, one of the highlights of the day emerged as Shane Kluivert's presence at the first team's training session at Istanbul's Ali Sami Yen Stadium. According to information received by Sport, Hansi Flick decided to call this young footballer to complete tactical training and preparation before the match against the Turkish team. He is the only player of the Youth A team coached by Paul Plenas, who will play in the youth league at 14:00 local time.
Not attracting attention: Kluivert's presence was initially largely hidden from view as the player did not enter the field during the first fifteen minutes that were open to the media, so his name did not initially appear in the news of this training session.
Shane Kluivert is the only member of the youth team who has been added to the training of the first team. Originally, Flake's call was only due to the need to complete the work group for Monday evening's training session.
This striker will be one of the main pillars of the team in the decisive match of the youth league against Galatasaray. The blue and orange face a key battle in their European aspirations after slipping up against Feyenoord on the opening day.
For this continental event Paul Plenas can count on several second team players who managed to beat SD Logroños last Saturday. In addition to Shane Kluivert himself, the head coach of the youth team will have key pieces such as Jonny Hernandez, Oscar Gisteau, Max Bonfil and Pedro Rodriguez to face Istanbul.