This Wednesday, Isaac Cuenca made his debut in an official match for the first team. He played six minutes in the Champions League that he will never forget. "It was wonderful. I didn’t expect to make my debut" he said after the game.
With ten minutes to go,
Isaac Cuenca, one of the surprises in
Josep Guardiola's squad for the game against
Viktoria Pilsen, was not even warming up. Five minutes later, after the Villa goal
that guaranteed the win, the B team player came onto the
Camp Nou pitch to make his official debut with the first team. Cuenca replaced
goalscorer
Villa. It was the 87th minute and the public loudly applauded both players. "It
was wonderful. I'm very happy" he said after the game.
"I’ll treasure my shirt"
Isaac Cuenca, who this year has returned to the
Barça B team after a season on loan at
Sabadell, one of the teams promoted to the
Second Division this year, has the confidence of
Josep Guardiola, who’s called him up for first team training sessions
several times. Tonight, he explained that the manager told him to play how he knows how to play:
"He told me to play my football, attack their defenders, and keep up with the team’s
play". To debut for Barça is something unforgettable. What will he do with his shirt?
"I’ll treasure it and hang it in my room” he said.
"I didn’t expect it"
For
Isaac Cuenca the last 24 hours have been like a dream. On Tuesday, with four first
team players missing (
Pique, Cesc, Afellay, and Alexis), Guardiola called him up, along with
Dos Santos, to train at the Camp Nou in the penultimate session before the
Champions League match. Both joined the team, and on Wednesday he was selected in
the match squad. Unexpectedly, he made his debut in the final few minutes of the match: "I
didn’t expect it, and less in the Champions League. Everybody, technical staff and players,
have congratulated me. They made me feel really good".
About the result, he felt the
2-0
was less than the merits of the team deserved: "We created lots of chances. It was small
reward compared to all the chances we had".