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Is La Masia dead?

Barca Blaugranes | June 19, 2017

Related Topics: Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, FC Barcelona, Gerard Piqué, Carles Puyol, Jordi Alba, Tito Vilanova, Cesc Fàbregas

25th November 2012

For the first time in their history, Barça fielded an entire starting XI of La Masia graduates against Levante and cemented the status of their academy as the best in the world—Lionel Messi scored a brace, and Andres Iniesta ended the match with a goal and four assists to his name.

Levante UD v FC Barcelona - La Liga
Barcelona started the game against Levante with 10 academy players, but after the injury to Alves ended up with an entire XI of La Masia graduates.

After Dani Alves got subbed off in the 14th minute due to an injury, Martin Montoya came on for the Brazilian to mark the historic moment with a line up that went as follows:

Victor Valdes; Martin Montoya, Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba; Xavi Hernandez, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta; Pedro Rodriguez, Cesc Fabregas and Lionel Messi.

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