Today i.e. 1st May 2014 marks the 25th Anniversary of the first team debut of Tito Vilanova and Pep Guardiola. Guardiola started the match and played the first 45 minutes, and was substituted by Tito Vilanova, who was also making his debut, and who played the entire second half. They never played together on the pitch.
A certain youth team player was called up and was in the starting line-up: he was called Josep Guardiola i Sala and made his debut with the first team. “You played even slower than my grandmother” Cruyff told him after the match.
FC Barcelona had few problems in beating the home team and started the match with the theoretical substitutes. Cruyff’s team were in control with a comfortable 0-3.
The Dutchman made up to nine changes for the second half: Unzué, Herrera, Sergio, Emilio, Javi, Vilanova, Müller, Roura, and Altimira all came on.
Roura and Altimira (2) were the other scorers in a game forgotten over time but which has maintained a huge symbolic power, for the debuts and the result
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