Official: Barcelona youngster handed first-ever start in XI to face Daegu | OneFootball

An up-and-coming member of the academy ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona has on Monday been afforded an honour which he won’t soon forget.

This comes amid confirmation that Pedro ‘Dro’ Fernández has been named in Hansi Flick’s starting XI for the first time ever.

The name of youngster Dro has of course emerged as a prominent one in the headlines surrounding Barcelona over recent days.

This comes after the 17-year-old was afforded his senior debut in the colours of the Blaugrana, in the club’s pre-season opener against Vissel Kobe.

Not only that, but Dro went on to open his goalscoring account in the clash, courtesy of a brilliant volley from the edge of the penalty area.

As much comes after what was a stellar showing on the part of the versatile attacker in pre-season in Catalunya’s capital.

And as alluded to above, such efforts on Dro’s part, evidently, have not gone overlooked on the part of his manager.

This comes with the Spaniard now in line for his first career start at senior level, after being named in the Blaugrana XI to face FC Daegu in South Korea this evening:

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