Yes it was ‘only’ pre-season, but beating a Manchester City side in any game has to be seen as a positive for Barcelona.
More so given just how many youngsters Hansi Flick decided to try out.
The German’s brief is likely to be similar to Xavi’s in the sense that he needs to be giving youngsters a genuine pathway into the first team
Continuing to ensure that La Masia is getting back to somewhere approaching its former glories has to also be one of the key tenets of Joan Laporta’s presidency moving forwards.