Mingueza will meet again this Wednesday the rival that brings him the best memory, the Dynamo of Kiev. The Barça defender debuted in November 2020 with the shirt of the Barcelona on the Champions against the Ukrainian team. 11 months later, the youth squad is a consolidated defender in First and that goes into the plans Koeman.
He had been in the Barça team for 14 years climbing in all categories and without making too much noise when Ronald Koeman He gave her a chance to dress short and clung to her. He did not have an easy role, since he played for the injured Pique. Formed in the axis of the rear next to Lenglet.
Curiously, the match ended in Kiev as the Barça player who had recovered the most balls and, in attack, participated in the second goal for the Catalans, Braithwaite, combing the ball at the exit of a corner. At the end of the meeting, the Catalan recognized that he had fulfilled a dream after more than a month and a half working with the first team.
But his good performance in that match of Champions It earned him the trust of the Dutch coach. Mingueza began to be a fixture in the alignments of the Barcelona also in The league. Five days after the meeting in Kiev, was a starter for the first time in the regular championship against Osasuna and he would no longer cease to have a leading role in the first team.
His versatility, he can play central and winger, led him to complete a dream year. He played 39 matches under the orders of Koeman among all the competitions and, of them, 32 were as a starter.
Your good time with him Barcelona they took him to the Olympic Gamesthis past summer where Spain got silver, but the Catalan was injured. Precisely that ailment forced him to miss the start of the season. It was not until the third day that he was fully recovered. Since then he has had a leading role, although he has only started three games. It is one of the recurring changes of Koeman.
MinguezaTherefore, this Wednesday he will face a special rival in his career. The Dinamo of Kiev it was the starting gun for his career in the elite. Only 11 months have passed since that meeting, but the Catalan already has a place in the Barcelona.
