Diego Kochen (18 years old) is one of La Masía’s great projects with a view to the future. The Miami player spent most of the season in the first team due to an injury to Ter Stegen and premiered with Barça Atlètic in the First RFEF. It renewed a few months ago until 2028 and is expected to be replaced by astrology goalkeeper of the subsidiary next year.
The young goalkeeper spoke to ‘Telemundo’ and acknowledged that he is living a dream: “It’s a dream because suddenly you’re here one day playing in the state of Florida and like this and the next you’re at your best academics in the world.. I am very grateful to my parents without whom we could not have moved to Spain and Barça It wasn’t going to be an option so all thanks to them.”
The footballer, who arrived at La Masia in 2019, was very surprised by Barça’s call: “I didn’t think, no. could be here at this point.” Sure enough, I went here and started playing on Marcel FClike any child, and of course when my father told me that one day Barça wanted me I couldn’t believe it.”
This is how he explained to the American media how he received the news: “While training one day, he took me out of training a little bit and said to me: hey Diego that he loves you Barça. There you will see that my heart has fallen all over me. I can not believe.”
The Miami player, who spent most of the training season under the orders of Xavi Hernandez He is clear about the player who had the most impact on him in the early days: “Being a goalkeeper, it was always Ter Stegen, from day one. He was my idol since I was little, since I was 12 years old old, and now I share a dressing room with him… I saw him pass by and I didn’t believe that I shared the same space with him.
He ended the conversation Rafael Marqueztechnician Barça Atlètic: “Márquez is a very positive person who always gives advice to those who need it. The whole team knows that we can count on him and that he is always there in difficult moments.”
Source: La Verdad
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