It was a good day to be a teenage Barcelona centre-back on Friday. Pau Cubarsi, aged just 17, made his Spain debut in the latter stages of their 1-0 friendly defeat to Colombia in London, while a little under 300km away in Amiens, Mikayil Faye was also making his senior debut for Senegal.
Faye’s debut was much more successful that Cubarsi’s, as it turned out. The 19-year-old, who has been a standout for Barca Atletic since joining the club last summer, started against Gabon, and he would go on to make the occasion even more memorable by scoring a piledriving effort from 35 yards out just before half time.
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