Jesús Barrios is out of this world | OneFootball

This is not the first piece we've dedicated to him in this outlet and, by the looks of it, it won't be the last. Back then, Jesús Barrios had accumulated 4 goals and 2 assists between the Tercera Federación and the UEFA Youth League. As I write this, he has just scored a hat-trick against CD Galapagar and also provided an assist to win 1-8 at El Chopo. It had been a long time since an Atlético reserve team achieved such a wide margin in an official competition.

The Jerez native now has 13 goals and 3 assists in 15 matches. More goals generated than games played. If we look at minutes played, we can say he generates a goal every 75 minutes (he has logged around 1,200 so far). What can we say that we don't already know about what the Andalusian is as a player.

Meanwhile, as far as the first team is concerned, he has already made his debut in a friendly match against Inter in Libya, showing flashes of his quality through dribbling and a few shots that lacked a bit of luck. In addition to having trained with them in previous years, this week he was under the orders of Diego Pablo Simeone as part of the first team's training sessions, but not in the rondos that they usually form with most of the academy players called up to Majadahonda.

Let's go back to this afternoon in Galapagar. Another start (as expected), and once again he showed why he is the most in-form player in The Academy and, specifically, in Atlético de Madrid C. That's now 11 goals and 2 assists in 11 matches, but what happened at El Chopo was unique.

For his first goal, he barely had to tap in Jorge Castellanos' pass to make it a provisional 0-3. He scored the fourth from the penalty spot after a foul won by Sergio Vinatea (who netted a quality brace today). He completed his hat-trick with a left-footed chip into the far top corner. I imagine Fernando Torres will start blowing up his phone with calls to keep him in mind for the Madrileño…

And the cherry on top came with the 1-7, assisting Jairo Fernández, who scored his first goal for the reserves and would later assist Mariano Villafáfila so that the former Pucela player could find the net for the first time this season. All in all, a match that will go down in history as one of the brightest, most effective, and most dominated by one of the senior teams of the rojiblanca academy. The best part? This isn't Barrios' first hat-trick with the C team.

For now, it helps to close the gap with the league leaders. This matchday, the leaders Las Rozas face off against the current third-place team Leganés B. But, one game at a time. 

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