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Besides Barcelona Atlètic players Muniesa, Fontàs, Jonathan and Jeffren, who have been with the first team since the pre-season started, four other Barcelona Atlètic players have been called-up for this evening's Joan Gamper Trophy game against Manchester City after having trained with the squad yesterday and today:

central defender Marc Bartra (18), right back defender Martín Montoya (18), attacking midfielder Thiago (18) and winger Gai Assulin (18).

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Barça B: Introducing the promoted players
Jonathan hopes to be promoted to first team

Catalan sports paper Sport gives today an introduction to the seven Juvenil A players who could be promoted to Barcelona Atlètic:


Marc Bartra
Powerful centre-back, good positing, strong in the air.

Rubén Rochina
Natural born scorer. Opportunistic and a good free kick taker.

Martín Montoya (picture, on the right)
Fast and technical right back defender, who can create danger going forward.

David Alvarez "Polaco" (picture, on the left)
Hard-working and ambitious player who can play in midfield and as left back defender.

José Luis Gómez
Right winger, good at one-on-one situations, scores easily.

Ilie Sánchez
Midfielder who reads the game well.

Sergio Maestre
Physical midfielder, good left foot.


note:
Dalmau, Planas and Riverola started the pre-season with Barcelona Atlètic (Dalmau already started his pre-season one week earlier with the first team) but have now returned to Juvenil A. Romeu will join in today and it's still not clear what will happen with Muniesa and Jonathan. So in the end, ten players could be promoted from Juvenil A to Barcelona Atlètic this season.

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Barça B: Pre-season test for seven Juvenil players

Catalan paper Sport claims seven Juvenil players will have a pre-season test with Barça Atlètic. They include Bolanos, Carles Planas, Polaco, Ilie, Jose Luis, Maestre, and Riverola Bartra.

If the trial is successful, the player would stay with Barça Atlètic for the upcoming season. Otherwise, the player could continue for Barcelona in Juvenil A or would have to seek a new club in case he cannot return to the Juvenil A team because he's too old.

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