La Masia: The History of Barcelona’s Academy

La Masia: The history of Barcelona’s academy.
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Barcelona’s modern success has been achieved via a unique native style. The primacy of attacking, possession-based football remains the club’s hallmark and their most distinguishable characteristic.
Barcelona have also become synonymous with academy production, developing players not just fit for first team use, but who are also bred to perpetuate that on-field identity. La Masia, the club’s youth academy, lies at its heart.
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[@roosee4179]

11 youth academy players i cant even do that in fifa

[@SamSepiol1909]

Try playing football manager.

[@gaara4667]

Y2Jgrave yes yes

[@momelendez9691]

I did it with Valencia and Real Madrid, you just need patience with their development and training but it’ll eventually work out and it makes career mode more fun

[@roosee4179]

@@momelendez9691 after 2 or 3 seasons career mode gets pretty boring

[@roosee4179]

I don't even know why I brought FIFA 19 I don't ever play it

[@noahkellett6603]

Best football channel on KZbin.

[@bernardmoussa3877]

Such an amazing team. Only one man can stop them: Ernesto Valverde

[@honestpenaldo]

he was good tho for athletic bilbao

[@matthaeus5373]

Big Chungus Barca isn’t for him though

[@user-ui7ph7vo9e]

Big Chungus he is actually a good coach but he still has a mid table mentality

[@samuellarsson101]

Pep Segura and Luis Enrique has entered the chat

[@rohitkundu6458]

Valverde actually promotes youth just like any Barcelona coach it's his tactical flexibility which is a real problem

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

Whatever you think of Barcelonas willingness to spend you must respect their ability to find and nurture talent

[@musen296]

It's populistic. Real fans don't want it. Everytime Bartomeu is in trouble he buys a new player to shut the fans up. Real fans prefer playing with Ansu and Perez rather than Neymar. Yet if you made a poll, most "fans" would deem €300M appropriate for Neymar.

[@eashansaju8106]

@@musen296 I don't

[@user-ui7ph7vo9e]

musen296 most fans that I’ve talked to(not Messi fanboys) would rather have Pérez and Ansu as backups than spend 300 million and go bankrupt with neymar

[@musen296]

@@user-ui7ph7vo9e It depends on your circle. I'm in two Barca groups. The difference in opinion is quite huge.

[@cribbe6547]

In the past yes, but they no longer give young players a chance anywhere like they used to. It's sad how money & modern football has made them stop with their traditions of giving La Masia products a chance in the first team regularly but then again Barcelona are the posterchild of modern football. And before anyone tries to say 'what about Fati' yea well done, 1 example in the past 4 years. Barca are in the era of pissing 30 million on a squad player up the wall instead of promoting youth in the same position unfortunately

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Tifo Football > Oh My Goal Change my mind

[@prithviprakash1110]

Overall: Tifo > Oh My Goal Voice of Narrator: Oh My Goal >> Tifo

[@YesNo-it6ku]

@@prithviprakash1110 no

[@lalboimanlun1230]

Tifo covers more in-depth stories while Oh my Goal only does short interesting stories. I like both.

[@wmb2k5]

oh my goal is just e! channel but it’s football

[@ptptpt123]

@@YesNo-it6ku Oh My Goal's main narrator is fantastic.. His enunciation and dramatic narration is unmatched.

[@stijnbos7614]

Awesome as always! Maybe you could do an Ajax academy history too? Would love to see that!

[@seven92023]

Messi, Xavi, Iniesta - no other academy will ever produce such legendary world class players. Not even Barca themselves can repeat that.

[@williamtran6295]

3 years later and they have Pedri and gavi

[@seven92023]

@@williamtran6295 Pedri and Gavi are good but not on the same level as Xavi and Iniesta. And Pedri is not actually from Barca's academy.

[@Bubs-_-]

Wouldn't say they're on par, but what about the class of '92?

[@avdzc]

@@williamtran6295pedri not from la masia

[@richardoteri9746]

Lamine? Balde?

[@onose10000]

this was weirdly emotional

[@Innersoulwithinme]

Why weirdly? I mean after video that "proves" Zidane is overrated, and 3 UCL from RM was lucky, there is nothing weirdly with this video, including not spekaing of lack of any sukcess for la masia in last years. it is common for journalist to like Barca so much, cause they know what journalist like - nice stories that can be: ctrl+v;ctrl+c.

[@onose10000]

@@Innersoulwithinme Weirdly as a guy who has no emotional attachment as a fan to the club, weirdly.

[@spethmanjones2997]

It’s the music and narration style-both imitate the style used in other emotion-inducing videos you’ve probably seen and so it elicits a similarly emotional response

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

+@@spethmanjones2997 exactly

[@spethmanjones2997]

Mapuia Pachuau and I should add, I’m not sure if my comment came across as critical of Tifo’s style, but that’s not what I intended at all-I absolutely loved the video! Tifo really excels at the nuance and details in almost all of their videos : )

[@91lemlem]

That 2010/11 Barcelona team may be the greatest team of all time, certainly the best I've seen in my lifetime.

[@schnitzelfilmmaker1130]

As a Bayern fan, no matter how much I enjoy winning - actually destroying teams, at the same time I feel pretty bad for Barcelona. They are European royalty with us and Madrid, so I hope they will return to the top, and it'll be even better if there's a lot of La Masia players leading the way.

[@cupoftea2173]

Bayern is great team. But I don't think they are in royalty bracket. I didn't hear any single player (except from born in Germany) wanted to play for Bayern. Instead of Bayern I think it is Man U!

[@EliasRoy]

European royalty? When? Delusional Payern Punich fan

[@theoammonmusic1343]

Who would win: 100 years of history, tradition, and success Or: One Ernesto boy

[@reyeseuropeos9153]

Back in the day, my father told me, Zidane once told in a statement that he when was a young guy used to think one couldn't be the best without graduating from LaMasia. That's the respect la masia had and still has. Just see some their young ones rn like Balde, Gavi, Araujo. Great for barca

[@anansistirade5800]

As life long Barca fan this warms my heart, great story Tito

[@nbayoungblood4447]

Not gonna lie, been anticipating this video for a minute

[@tonigeorg7652]

This is the best football channel no doubt about it. No clickbaits and original content

[@btb3614]

There has been a lot of publicity about the Barcelona golden generation and Manchester United’s ‘Fergie’s fledglings’ but there has never been really any coverage of the 90s Liverpool academy graduates. McManaman, Fowler, Owen, Carragher and Gerrard all essentially came through their youth system in the space of a few years. Obviously they didn’t have the same success but the level of talent that came out together is amazing and worth highlighting.

[@HarrowNigga]

Maybe the “spice boys” needed a coach like Alex Ferguson, but yeah, I’ve always thought that

[@tropicalshop764]

Wheelchair Wilshere Theo Usain Bolt Walcott Oxlade Dunno How To Cross Chamberlain

[@Fight4MyCountry]

You pretty much just answered your own "question".

[@aviral9961]

@@davidwoutersentech 😂

[@Carl-zk4hl]

Ansu Fati will not be the second coming of Messi. He’ll be the first Fati

[@sarimansari1]

no one can be messi.

[@honestpenaldo]

Sarim Ansari yes there can be lol

[@sarimansari1]

@@honestpenaldo lol no

[@homersimpson6585]

Sarim Ansari yes because the last one called the next Messi ahem Bojan ahem flopped

[@dineshp5203]

wait a year for physical development so he will bullied of the ball. he can dribble really well if he improves his strength.

[@C_98.]

Amazing, and today we have Fati, Araújo, Gavi, Pedri, Nico, Eric García, Puig. A real machine of talents.

[@miftekharabir4938]

It's really rare and amazing that an academy produced such talented and skillful players at the same era/generation. I think even Barca can't repeat that now.

[@khalikzaman007]

Rest in peace Tito We miss you

[@Sn8kester]

Can we get a video on what is going on at Arsenal and with Unai Emery’s tactics

[@citybluemoon20]

You genuinely have my favorite channel on KZbin. Thankyou so much

[@tonym6566]

11 home grown players on the pitch... can’t say I’ve seen that anywhere else ever

[@diegoramirez7985]

athletic bilbao

[@MFachrizalR]

Bilbao, Dutch clubs, some English team that has good academy. Yeah not a special case, but we all agree that Barcelona's is one of the famous case.

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

Definitely not for a team of this quality

[@Lennert102]

Ajax

[@proudlibtard8521]

Lyon

[@hypafrog]

This was beautiful, well done tifo

[@AdithyaRA26]

Wow.. brilliant video, thank you! players promoted from Academy to first team and then end up with 11 on the pitch, fulfilling the bravest of dreams by the founders and influencers.

[@samy29987]

Wonderful video Tifo! Great job with the narration, the writing, the scrpit, pacing. It was all wonderful and the end perfectly encapsulated all those years of work and ideas instilled in La Macia finally coming to fruition to the first team and the Spanish international squad. However, and this is totally off topic, I was wondering how is it possible that you guys have done over 20 videos about Barcelona FC's history and not 1 is about that brazilian player that resurrected the club from turmoil and unsuccesful results in the early 2000s, of course I am talking about the great Ronaldinho. Hopefully this comment is seen and sparks interest. I'd love to see a video made from you guys talking about R10, his legacy and his football skills alongside his charisma and talent, just as you guys did with Iniesta and Messi.

[@bwint7234]

Love this video (and all your videos) for how well they break down the impact of small moves and the wider game. This video also made me feel better about Man Utds position (as long as the Glazer's are out in the long term).

[@sanchitgarg4484]

Tifo football is the best football channel on KZbin without any doubt ♥️ Awesome work!

[@HIM-lk6of]

Thanks Tifo team for an amazing production. Please keep up the brilliant work.

[@arsen-jb1gs]

thank you so much tifo to remind me the fact that all 3 ballon d'or finalist are from la masia. i never really aknowledge that or remember how significant that is. and iam a Barca fan ffs

[@jerzydudekvandriyshevchenk1807]

And a man shitty fan (your subscriptions)

[@davidrafferty9940]

Can’t get enough of these videos - brilliant

[@kaimpakaseta7075]

That's one of the best videos in youtube!! Great work

[@brady9680]

Fantastic video as always, I'd love to see a video on why Berlin doesn't have a successful football team compared to other capital cities in Europe (Madrid, Rome, London, Paris all have top level teams)

[@smogma]

Amsterdam?

[@zac9542]

"Because of the Berlin wall" sums it up pretty much :P

[@conornolan5745]

There’s a video about that on a Chanel called D.W kick off

[@n124ajdx]

wtf , London , roma , madrid and even paris doesn't have top teams they just have alot of money , to buy anything they want. amsterdam for example has a great team with great football style but they need money . btw liverpool and Man city are the real great team with great football style in england

[@joestockton7016]

Btw; London has several, Madrid has two, Rome has one, Paris has zero, and Union Berlin would beat Manchester United right now.

[@kishansarkar5341]

La Masia saving Barcelona again.

[@mayank7103]

Barcelona could not win the champions league until Xavi becomes the manager.

[@marcusunarce4718]

La Masia product: “Hello I’m a young talented player from La Masia who can strengthen the team” Player signed from another club: “And I’m a player you guys bought to increase our chances of winning titles” Valverde: “VALVERDE IN THE HOUSE!!”

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

@@marcusunarce4718 And I'm on loan in Germany

[@HarrowNigga]

Not yet maybe let him manage the b team or get Erik ten hag

[@sahajsingh6510]

So true

[@lavorbitor9711]

I loved him as a player..

[@iggy1979]

The picture portrays the 3-4-3 as having wingbacks when in reality it was a 3-4-3 diamond. Good video as usual though 👍

[@mahmoudqaddura692]

After every Tifo video I watch I think "it can't get any better than this", and I'm proved wrong yet again. Bravo.

[@thztan7492]

Such a detail in explaning historical thing👍👍👍🙂🙂

[@rushinbhatt3861]

Kudos to Koeman for giving regular minutes to the Barca B gems !!

[@juanherrerajr.]

And Now Xavi is our coach and the cycle begins again

[@jonathanescobar2943]

This was amazing! Please make a La Fabrica one too!!

[@samvitjatia951]

Cruyff and tifo🐐

[@JohnThomas-yo1no]

Wonderful work again chaps

[@Jalerbo]

This is why I love Barcelona, VISCA BARCA!! a por la champions esta temporada carajo!!

[@deivanraj4474]

Oh my goal : What the hell happened to la masia😂

[@gaara4667]

Deivan Raj looooooool can’t wait

[@facundosilva2449]

La masia is working great as always, but the players are not given any minutes nowadays

[@ag6529]

You guys should make a video about Steaua Bucurest, the club which became 2

[@markravindranayagam1736]

Could you please make a video on the new rb Salzburg team under Jesse marsch pr a player profile on erling haaland braut. Keep the good work up as always👍

[@shishidoseijuro7770]

La Masia really exceeded my expectations , Ansu Fati is a beast at the age of 16 , goals and assists at his first match, People really underestimate La Masia's potential

[@celestialrex551]

yes . la masia is a huge powerhouse of producing raw talents . but we always give them credit .. teams like Vitesse , Genk and Molde are known to produce the same amount of talents but they get very less attention

[@Whocares0009]

@@celestialrex551 What about La Fabrica (Real madrid academy)? Right now, most players playing in top 5 leagues are from La fabrica. They are also underrated. They make good defenders for sure.

[@CHlEFFIN]

Més que un club...💙❤️💪🏽

[@teratikkoanan7671]

Thanks, Tifo.

[@ferminbereciartua6432]

your videos are amazing

[@nachiketdidolkar8833]

If u make something on La Masia now is the turn of De Toekomst(Ajax's Academy).Cuz today's La Masia is nothin without Cryuff

[@rushikesh.khardekar]

What a beautiful video!

[@CarlMarxPunk]

No players under 1.8m? Could you imagine if that actually remained? No Messi, No Xavi, No Iniesta, No Puyol!

[@user-go6cy5bu2y]

All thanks to cruyff. If not, all those players would have never played at Barca.

[@bwint7234]

Could you do a video on the impact of different ownership models in the top euro leagues? Like Germany's fan centric ownership model vs the UKs private ownership.

[@ganeshbulusu]

Please do a video on why Arsenal are struggling?

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

Nothing much. Luiz and Mustafi being lords in their game. The midfield just can't control the game and only forwards are firing them to something than nothing

[@matthaeus5373]

Nithilan Amudhan it’s more than that. A lack of fluidity in tactics makes Arsenal easy to counter due to their predictability, causing tams like Watford to completely dominate them despite picking up 1 point from 4 games. There’s a centre back problem obviously but apart from Xhaka the midfield is good. I’m blaming mainly Emery for his lack of fluidity and poor transfers, with David Luiz and Mustafi not preforming at all

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

@@matthaeus5373 agree to that a bit. But emery was not given full freedom in the window nor had the budget to get the players he wanted. Lack of team cohesiveness is also looking like a problem. No proper midfielder to help xhaka were bought too to make anything happen

[@oranges866]

@@nithilanamudhan6260 He bought Nicolas Pepe and Kieran Tierney. He couldn't buy a capable defender when he was handed the chance?

[@theassassin6319]

The greatest, most esteemed Youth academy, I'd die to get trained there

[@shanelamar8857]

Goosebumps

[@emailhonors8266]

Could you please do a tactics explained for the Philadelphia Union? They have gone from a bottom tier team to a Cup contender in one year!

[@j8lech]

I’d be extremely interested in a Dortmund version of this, well done chaps!

[@ulaytube9953]

Why no mention of the current state of the academy? It's completely fallen apart recently. Even the food has fallen below the lowest nutritional standards.

[@HorridDave]

Prove it.

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

Not true they have treats talents Luke riqui puig,ansu fati,aleña,oriol Busquets,cucurella

[@Malouco]

ONE OF MY FAV COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS

[@Malouco]

U.C.LA.MASSI

[@ManLikeMatts]

Awesome!

[@ChetanSharma_727]

Forca Barca

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

Puyol Pique Busquets Xsvi Iniesta Fabregas Thiago Messi Thats was crazy

[@laurocoman]

Amazing how it took Bartomeu a handful if years to destroy 4 decades of work.

[@swapnil7330]

Brilliant asusual Tifo

[@ICULooking]

0:53 that's arguably the most dapper man in the world

[@darthhideous9084]

What's happened to La Masia since, though? With Barcelona being as active in the international transfer market as any other big club, one surely must question La Masia's recent efficacy.

[@blocktopic]

Recently may rooms meant to house players have been turned to offices. New coaches who never had any prior association with Barca are in charge. And they no longer have any nutritional standards

[@TheIllustratedGame]

Babolat92 part two out Monday

[@dineshp5203]

have you seen the talent coming out of la masia recently, puig, aleña, fati, perez, oriol and abel. give it some time, illaix will also make it. louie barry also looks a real good prospect.

[@UrMum-hg1yt]

Do the same video about Manchester United’s youth academy

[@xacbertdebarbeira_]

1. Great great great video, thanks! 2. Could you please please write out some of the names of the people you're showing in your videos? Not necessarily everybody, of course, since the likes of Messi and Iniesta should be recognized by the drawings, but some of the lesser known people. 3. One minor correction (I think): Fabregas didn't return to Barcelona before the summer of 2011, so he wasn't actually able to contribute to the two Champions League titles. Ironically, he left in 2014 (which I still truly regret), so he missed the 2015 title as well.

[@Vrtroopers]

Barça Barça Barça!!!

[@muffmuncher728]

What would have happened had guardiola never left barca. Just imagine how good they could have been

[@martinrosario4018]

MuffMuncher : if you watched the documentary take the ball pass the ball you’d understand why 4 years was enough for him

[@muffmuncher728]

@@martinrosario4018 I'm not saying he should of stayed that's his decision and he had his reasons. Just pointing out that hypothetically had he stayed at barca how much would they have dominated football

[@martinrosario4018]

@@muffmuncher728 honestly i dont think it wouldve lasted much longer than it did, that tiki taka system was bound to get exposed regardless if pep stayed or not. i still think that 7-0 loss to bayern still happens

[@muffmuncher728]

@@martinrosario4018 don't you think that pep would have adapted though. His system is clearly still effective as shown by his success at City. Granted not as successful as at barca considering he is yet to win the champions league. But if he'd stayed at barca I think he could have won the champions league 3/4 times in the last 10 years considering he'd have players like messi xavi and iniesta

[@martinrosario4018]

MuffMuncher : you make a good point but we’ll never know I mean pep has evolved his game to only domestic success to show for but those golden generation of Spanish players really took him over the top, if he needs that type of scenario to happen then how elite is he really? Man city have a squad to win the ucl, pep tends to overthink himself which is his undoing but we’ll see what happens

[@ChetanSharma_727]

Let's go back to our roots. Forca Barca.

[@samelmudir]

Do one of La Masia Cobham 🇬🇧

[@ryansmith-jr4gn]

Do more videos like this.

[@suyezlee6650]

This video brought back some good memories .

[@joehadden918]

Maybe it’s just me but when he said that Dani Alves got subbed at half time, I got weirdly excited and emotional like ‘oh yeah I see what’s coming’

[@kvtkay5804]

Can you do one for Ajax’s academy?

[@Voltron186]

Johan Cruyff legacy shall not be tarnished , lets win the treble this year !!!

[@luigicamilleri2914]

Haha

[@micahtshibangu7402]

I don't. Want valverde to sin anytthing untyil he plays he barca way

[@tropicalshop764]

Not with Valverde

[@kris0375]

It makes you wonder why would they spend so much money buying players when they can train and get new ones from the Masia

[@jakobthekid]

beautiful

[@lm10vamos90]

Valverde Vs LA Masia..

[@flipflop1591]

Think no mention to Pedro is a little bit harsh

[@abhinav121rocks]

The class of 1987...now is that the year or the number of goals scored/created by them 😍

[@karabo5226]

Its sad to see Bartomeu and co destroying an entire generation's hardwork

[@diboymashesha]

Football is one of the few reasons I want the economy to go in recession, there is to much money in football and people who don't have football in their agenda are making decisions its like South Africa there is no pride in representing yourself cause if you do that you bolster the collective now football has been so overwhelmed with commercial objectives frankly I wonder if Alex Ferguson could have survived in this Era of no accountability

[@shreesan1]

from future of Barcelona to past in 10 years !!! That escalated quickly

[@RT-he6zf]

Whats that 443 formation in the end at 9:55??

[@malikoshabazi]

Does the physical farmhouse still exist? Also plz do a podcast on youth academies and loan systems

[@jasonjoshi12]

Those were the days.

[@jeffreyadamovich1429]

Can you please do a video on Tito Villanova

[@imadscientist]

We will return to the top again one day That's just how barca is

[@pradhan2008]

nope highly unlikely ... 11 homegrown players ..today's footballing landscape would preclude that for ever.

[@hafsa7951]

Do one of Chelsea's academy

[@amarqpr]

Venables deserves more than a passing mention in tifo videos. A whole video perhaps?

[@iggy1979]

Bobby Robson too even though he was only there for a season

[@chinmayneelkod931]

La masia- the beating heart of Barcelona

[@karlm641]

Just thinking what a difference the likes of Dani Olmo and Alex Grimaldo would have made if Barca kept faith in their system…

[@vestysteiner9480]

And still, Real Madrid is the club with more youth players in Europe's top 5 Leagues

[@laminho1188]

oh really name me 5 world class players from real madrid's sorry academy. la masia has produced players like xavi, messi, iniesta, busquets, pique, icardi etc i could keep on going for hours. secondly stop lying barcelona academy poduces the most players across europe. stop trying to make up a lie and think that you ain't gonna get called on it.

[@Indie95]

Laminho11 Guti, Carvajal, Casillias, Raul,Mata, Cambiasso

[@CarlMarxPunk]

And a good deal of them are NOT playing in Madrid. mmmmmmmmmm

[@CarlMarxPunk]

@@Indie95 Raul is from Atletico's academy.

[@amritmani6587]

@@CarlMarxPunk Not actually. He did play for atletico's academy but it was for only two years I guess. He went through many youth level of Real and and he debuted for the first team earlier than most players. Just because he played for atletico for some period doesnot mean he was atletico's product. Same goes with Morata, Llorente etc. And yes more Madrid youth products play in Europe's top 5 leagues than barca's at the moment.

[@shagaemblem5412]

We need this in Spanish for our older parents.

[@bensaarel6711]

that puyol tattoo

[@apjuniorthaking6028]

Can you do a version of Real Madrid's- La Fabrica?

[@faimulahsan3413]

They are famous for producing talents for other teams.