Official line up:

Pinto, Puyol, Piqué, Fontàs, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Thiago, Iniesta, Pedro, Cesc and Cuenca

Bench:
Valdés, Muniesa, Tello, Sergi Roberto and Dos Santos.

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Added on December 23, 2011, 4:41 amOnly Pinto isn't ex-Masia

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Added on December 23, 2011, 5:00 amWorking link for me http://realsportz101.blogspot.com/2011/10/channel-2.html

This post has been edited by matyrze: Dec 23 2011, 05:00 AM

9-0 dont know what the score line if Leo play,we can trust out youth.Cuenca really awesome.We can expected he and Sergio will be Barca key player soon

Is it just me or the 1st penalty was really a fluke?

9-0? cant believe it.

rofl. another manita. impressed with our youngster. esp tello.

Woke up this morning, check livescore, 9-0, I was like really? Seriously? Messi is even play lasnite..woww

Iniesta out... Are we not rotating enoughhhhhh??

chill, i think i read somewhere it's only for 15 days, so got much time before match against espanyol

Not too get too over confident but only Thiago & Fontas (kinda old) & Cuenca & Tello can be counted as youth.
And it's only a local Catalan side in a Copa match.
They're playing in a lower division than the Barca Babies.
Can't really decide anything in this match.
What would you expect when the best players play against a lower league side?

Also you're statement that we can trust our youth could be true if there were more youngsters than the 1st teamers but that wasn't the case.
If Barca B beat L'Hospitalet by a big margin, then we could say that we can trust our youth.

Pretty disappointed with Pep.
Really no need to go for such a high margin win by playing high risk injury players like Iniesta & Puyol.
Why not throw in some more youngsters who should be groomed like Montoya?

I'd rather us win by a <5 goal margin by resting high risk players and playing more youngsters
and let those high risk players be fresh for Espanyol after the break.

Happy with the win but unnecessary to play so many first teamers.

This post has been edited by barca96: Dec 23 2011, 12:34 PM

cant blame pep entirely..u'll need some senior player on the field to guide the youngster also.....maybe this is his rotation system work, and to monitor which youngster should be brought up to 1st team when is necessary...

anyway, happy with the win.....and the youngster performance

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Added on December 23, 2011, 3:39 pm Chill bro, pep wana a sure win as we only has 1 goal lead durin the first meeting.. That is why he deploy some senior members to ensure a win, but 9-0 is really no mercy..

This post has been edited by uzary: Dec 23 2011, 03:39 PM

I think it was because of some local sentiment. There was some scare that the game may have had poor attendance. L'Hospitalet is located just several miles from Camp Nou, so it is some sorta a 'derby', but with a poor turn up, that would really put a dent on local pride.

But the game received much better response than everybody expected. So what a local manager like Pep can reward the fans? By fielding local World Cup winning players of course. And it will be some sort of respect towards the neightbours. Many of their players even have Camp Nou season ticket. Surely it was their dream to play against Iniesta and Xavi? So yeah, its all about feeling and sentiment. Too bad for Iniesta's injury, but I think Pep has done the right thing.

BTW, Iniesta is out for 2 weeks IINM. That'd be covered up by Christmas holidays then

You must understand Spain's heritage..Catalans are quite proud people and Barca is the main rep for Catalunya so even if its playing 3rd tier teams there is added pressure of pride within the region. Ofcourse we don't understand since we're not Spanish nor Catalan..This is also true to clashes with RM...

To all cules...happy xmas eve!

i still miss the manly united in the last 16. was hoping so much to do better than man-citeh to whipped their schoolboy backsides.

sigh, my xmas wish did not come true in the end.

i am so so so so sad

Happy MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Will those people help him when Messi or Iniesta is injured?
I remember Pep saying early this year something similar to what you just said before a Copa match vs. a small team.
He wanted to play Messi to give a gift to the fans.
What the hell will he do if Messi get's injured??!!
Because he wanted to please the visiting fans?
This is not charity, this is business!
And the players on that small team didn't take Messi lightly either, they went full on.
Pretty irresponsible of Pep if you ask me.

His job is to deliver trophies and part of his job is to keep his players healthy and fresh,
not overburning them by playing 90 mins in each match even when the match is already in the bag or against a small Copa team.
Just have to look at NBA. Once they know the match is won, they will take out their star players and let them sit out the final quarter, equivalent to last 15-20 mins of one football match.

Pep's is almost perfect.
Just the man-management & keeping players safe & fresh that is lacking.

I would like to wish a merry Xmas and a happy New Year to all the fans who's celebrating!

I understand your sentiment.

Well, for me this is what set the Spanish game apart from football in other countries. The Spanish game is anything but business. There's a lot of sentiment in the game, both for good and bad.

I do think that accusing Pep of being irresponsible is a bit unfair. This is not Iniesta's first injury. We had gone through with various injuries we encountered in the past 3 1/2 years under Pep. And I'm pretty sure we've gone through most of them fairly successfully. And I would attribute our success solely to Pep

LOL epicness is full in t6his video

Start watching from 2:30

huh. whats their relationship? his no 1 fan eh?