Former Manchester United star Owen Hargreaves, has hailed Barcelona’s 17-year-old defender Pau Cubarsi for stopping Victor Osimhen in Tuesday’s Champions League.
Barcelona progressed to the quarter-finals following a 3-1 win in the second leg, round of 16 clash.
The five-time Champions League winners advanced 4-2 on aggregate.
Cubarsi, meanwhile, was handed his Champions League debut and he delivered a brilliant performance up against Osimhen.
Cubarsi tussling with Osimhen in Tuesday’s clash
He capped his debut with the Man of the Match award.
“He [Cubarsi] was the star of the show,” Hargreaves told TNT Sports via Metro.
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“Yamal’s different because he’s obviously the winger. This kid [Cubarsi] was picking out passes for fun, he made it look so easy.
“He was physical when he needed to be, for a Spanish centre-back to be as physical against somebody like Osimhen
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