Not too many realize the history making of this FC Barcelona team. The majority are too focused on their playing excellence and clear dominance over their opponents that they overlook the big picture. FC Barcelona has created a winning team through a strong youth development program over the last 30 years. They are the institution to follow for developing top class football athletes. That is the true difference between the catalan squad and other teams like Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Milan, among others that focus on acquiring players rather than develop them from their youth divisions.
After decades of work, Barcelona’s youth academies have paid large dividends. This past week alone their superiority was demonstrated in the Liga’s Clasico and in the Fifa Club World Cup where they made Santos of Brasil look like an amateur team. World class players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Pique all come from the Barcelona youth teams and are live examples of how important youth development is in football and in sports in general. More professional teams should make the effort to learn from FC Barcelona and start implementing for the long-term and invest massive resources in their youth divisions in order to create more spectacular teams like the one we are seeing today.
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