Gavi, youngest Barça starter in a Classic in the last 80 years

Pablo Páez Gavira ‘Gavi’ keep making history. The Sevillian midfielder, chosen by Ronald Koeman to face the exit to the Real Madrid, is the youngest holder of the Barça in the history of the Classics in the last 80 years beating Ansu Fati. At 17 years and 80 days, he is the sixth youngest starter in the history of the Classics, only behind Alfonso Albéniz (1902), Armando Giralt (1902), René Petit (1916), José Bayo (1936) and Vicente Martínez (1941), as detailed by Alexis Martín Tamayo, alias Mister Chip, on Twitter.

With the ownership of Gavi, Koeman shows once again that his pulse does not tremble by lining up kids against Real Madrid. Last season included in the starting lineup Pedri, who was still 17 years old, and Ansu, who was 18. Gavi has already broken the precocity record as an absolute international with Spain with 17 years and 62 days in the semifinal of the Nations League against Italy with the confidence of Luis Enrique., today in the box of the Camp Nou to see the Classic.

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