NextGen Series Quarter Finals announced: Is a trip to Barcelona on the cards?

The NextGen Series has announced the brackets for the quarter finals on their Twitter feed and it sets up a possible trip to Barcelona for our Young Lions. Due to domestic fixtures, the quarters finals will be played over just one leg with each of the group winners earning the advantage of playing at home:

QF1:
Group 1 Winner
vs
Group 3 Runner-up

QF2:
Group 2 Winner
vs
Group 4 Runner-up

QF3:
Group 3 Winner
vs
Group 1 Runner-up

QF4:
Group 4 Winner
vs
Group 2 Runner-up

Group 2 has already been wrapped up with Sporting winning

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Menor que un club

Not everyone enjoys watching Barcelona play football these days, some find them incredibly boring, but I happen to be among the group who gets a lot of pleasure from watching them play.

I’m reluctant to hold them up as an example of what other teams should be doing – least of all Aston Villa – as they have players from another planet in terms of ability. Often, if you try to replicate Barcelona without the same quality players, you’ll fail miserably

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