"Alright, now let me have the honor to introduce you to our base." Boad was polite and immediately began to fulfill his duties.

"As many people can see, our camp brings in a lot of good young players for Barcelona and the whole of Europe, but the essence of La Masia's training camp is not just to produce good young players, it is also about educating young people, and we treat the 50 children here as if they were our own family." Bouad said. "La Masia is almost unique among the many football academies on Shijie, and the Barça coach treats the children more like nuns in a convent. In such a big family, the children eat a family-style diet, complete cultural learning as if they were being urged by their parents, and inculcate a family-style code of conduct. So, here, sometimes, when a kid can't continue training and has to leave the camp, it's often his competitors who cry, and that's an incredible thing. ”

"Did Messi train and grow up here?" A member of the team asked Bouad questions.

'Yes, but even the stars who have come out of La Masia, they still have the same colors as they were in the Academy and will come back to this home often. "Messi and Iniesta come over for dinner from time to time, and they want to talk to us about their problems, just like a child is to his parents," Bouad said. Messi, Andres Iniesta and Valdés are all very ordinary children, we know the glory of their achievements, but at the same time we understand their hardships, and La Masia's children, coaches and staff are really like a big family. ”

Han Sen looked at Zhang Linfan beside him, thought of the experience of the two of them, and couldn't help but ask Bouad: "Were these superstars selected by La Masia in the first place and then started their professional careers?" ”

"Not exactly, in the 21st century, La Masia Football School has become famous, and its influence in Spain has surpassed that of Real Madrid's academy, and young talents from all over Spain have come here, with Albacete's Andres Iniesta, Bilbao's Arteta, and Villarreal's Reina all abandoning their local youth teams in favor of La Masia," Bouad said as he walked. ”

Talking and talking, everyone walked to a wall of honor, interestingly, it may be to highlight the achievements of the youth training, this wall of honor, mainly the results of the past few World Youth Championships and World Junior Championships, from the above it is indeed not difficult to see the strength of the La Masia Academy. In the 2003 World Junior Championships, Cesc Fabregas won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot with 5 goals and 6 assists; In the 2005 World Junior Championships, dos Santos won the Silver Ball Award; In the 2005 World Youth Championships, Messi also won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot; At the 2007 World Junior Championships, dos Santos won the Bronze Ball Award.

Seeing the appearance of these superstars wearing red and blue jerseys when they were young, the young players of Shanghai East Asia naturally thought of themselves and fell into contemplation, and from time to time some people stopped in front of their favorite superstar photos.

Bouad added: "Today, Barça's vision is no longer limited to Spain, it has become the dream of all the football teenagers: Bojan's father is Serbian, his mother is Espanyol, Messi is from Argentina, dos Santos is from Mexico and Israel's Zavic, all of them have come from all over the world. They will all be important figures in the future of shijie football."

"And our proudest work is undoubtedly this little guy." Bouad paused in front of a poster of the stars showing Messi celebrating victory on the run.

"Messi has now become a shijie-level idol, and everyone is admiring Messi's superhuman football talent, but without Barcelona's insight, Messi wouldn't even have the courage to become a professional player." Bouad said with a smile.

Han Sen and others naturally heard about Messi's upbringing, but since they came to the base camp of Barcelona, it was not interesting to listen to the official statement, so everyone turned their attention to Boad.

Bouad continued: "One step ahead of others to lock in the hopeful, Barcelona is the best at this. In addition to spreading their eyeliner and discovering talent in Spain, Barcelona also organizes teams to participate in various international competitions, which is an opportunity to discover future superstars scattered all over Shijie. And in Brazil and Argentina, where football talent is abundant, Barcelona also hired scouts in case of emergency. In 1998, when Messi was only 11 years old, Barcelona discovered this talent. ”

"11 years old!" There was a burst of exclamation.

Wang Yunlong jokingly said to the youngest Wu Lei: "Did you play football when you were 11 years old? ”

Wu Lei said seriously: "I have to think about it." ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Bouad looked at everyone laughing, and also smiled slightly: "Of course, not only the Barcelona team knows that Messi is a prodigy, the famous River Plate club is also interested in Messi, but because Messi's hormonal secretion system was asleep at that time, his bone development was delayed. At that time, 11-year-old Messi was only 1.40 meters tall. Because of this illness, all Argentine clubs have turned away from Messi. Barcelona never gave up, because the kid's control of the ball had reached the point of being superb. This is the only standard by which the Barcelona academy looks at a player. ”

The crowd listened with fascination, and Bouad continued: "In September 2000, Messi came to La Masia for the first time. This little guy, who is more than a head shorter than his peers, scored five goals in one game in one go, leaving all coaches dumbfounded. After the 15-day trial, Messi was told he could stay. In the 2000-2001 season, Barcelona coach Rexach was the clapper of the year. To this day, he is still proud of his decision. ”

Wu Lei looked around, and only asked Han Sen in a low voice: "Have you scored 5 goals in a game?" ”

Han Sen snorted: "Then it depends on what kind of game, if the football boots are in the door, 10 have also entered." ”

Zhang Linfan squeezed Wu Lei next to him: "Pull it down, listen to the foreigner's story, don't get involved." ”

Bouad also continued to talk about Messi: "After successfully staying, the constraints of life and the height of 1.40 meters still made little Messi feel at a loss, but Barcelona's enthusiasm quickly relieved Messi's worries. In order to make Messi taller, the club spent $900 a month to treat him; In order to provide a source of livelihood for Messi's family, the club specially found a job as a stadium cleaner for Messi's father. Under the careful cultivation of Barcelona, Messi's ball skills and height have skyrocketed together. In just over 3 years, Messi has rarely met opponents in youth teams at all levels, and his height has grown to 1.70 meters. In the 7th round of La Liga in the 2004-2005 season, Messi made his debut in the same city derby between Barcelona and Espanyol. ”

After listening to Messi's road to success, everyone couldn't help but applaud, and Bouad also smiled and bowed to everyone.

Xu Genbao, who has not spoken, put forward his own opinion: "Many clubs have academy camps, Mr. Bouad, what do you think is the advantage of your academy over other academy?" ”

Bouad smiled: "When young players come into the first team, it's very easy to fit in because they find it very easy to play well with Xavi and Iniesta. Even, they will feel that the atmosphere and way of playing of the Barcelona first team is no different from La Masia, whether on or off the field. No big club has dared to use its Academy players on such a large scale, and when our young players play against Real Madrid's youth team, it is often us who lose. However, it may sound strange that most of Real Madrid's young players are not able to make the first team, but it is true. The people of Barcelona have done this, and I think there are two reasons for this: first, the football philosophy that has been inherited and implemented from the top down; The second is the family-style education method that treats your own children as you do. ”