Barcelona prodigy’s father overjoyed after son’s heroic debut: “Couldn’t have expected in our wildest dreams”

Sunday night was a special one for Barcelona prodigy Marc Guiu as the 17-year-old not only made his first-team debut for the club but marked it with a match-winning goal against Athletic Club.

The teenage striker has been at Barça’s La Masia academy for a long time now and has been earmarked as a special player for the future.

The injuries to the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha paved the way for him to get an opportunity with the senior team last night and he grabbed it with both hands.

Guiu’s father elated

Even as Guiu wheeled away in celebrations after scoring the match-winner for Barcelona, the cameras turned to his family in the audience as his father, mother, and sister celebrated with great vigour and shed tears of joy.

In an interview after the game, Marc’s father, Manel Guiu expressed his pleasure, saying (h/t SPORT): “I am the happiest man in the stadium. We couldn’t have expected it even in our wildest dreams, a debut like this is the dream debut for any player.”

“Both his mother and sister and I have been crying and at home, I’m sure everyone has been crying too. There is a lot of effort after eleven seasons of hard work. He has been at Barça since prebenjamín, from the very beginning,” he added.

“When I see him, I’ll give him a hug and tell him to keep it up,” he added.

More to come

Marc Guiu is a player that Barcelona manager Xavi and sporting director Deco rate very highly.

The 17-year-old has been making an impression at youth levels and has even made his breakthrough with Barça Atletic this term.

Now, the young striker has gotten taste of first-team football that too in fantastic fashion and there is certainly more to come from the La Masia graduate.