Pau Cubarsi, at 17 years and 50 days old, became the youngest player to debut in a Champions League knockout round match.

In the second leg of the 1/8 round on the evening of March 12 between Barca and Napoli, Cubarsi started as a central defender next to Ronald Araujo. The Spaniard became the youngest player to debut in a Champions League knockout match. He broke the record of 17 years and 258 days of David Alaba, who debuted for Bayern in 2010.

Yesterday’s match had a younger player, 16-year-old wing striker Lamine Yamal. However, Yamal debuted in the Champions League in the group stage on September 19, 2023, at the age of 16 years and 68 days, and became the second youngest player to play in this arena, only less than Youssoufa’s record of 16 years and 18 days. Moukoko in the Dortmund shirt in 2020. In the first leg at Napoli’s field three weeks ago, at the age of 16 years and 223 days, Yamal set the record for the youngest player to play in the knockout round.

By using both Cubarsi and Yamal, Barca is the first team to have two U17 players in a knockout match.