Sancho has caused a sensation in Europe since entering the professional scene with Dortmund after joining Manchester City’s academy club in the summer of 2017 at the age of 17. He won his first full caps for England and ruled the Bundesliga assists table in 2018/19. . , and picked up where he left off with nine goals and as many assists midway through the current campaign.
Barrios won back-to-back Bundesliga and DFB Cup titles in a 49-goal streak that covered 102 competitive appearances for Dortmund between 2009 and 2012. The Paraguayan says he can’t get enough of the teenage pioneer Sancho.
“Jadon Sancho is my favourite Dortmund player,” Barrios told BVB TV. “I’ve said he’s a smart player. He’s fast, he creates goals, he scores goals. It’s not easy to be so fast and score goals. . . It’s important.
I hope he continues in the same vein and that Dortmund can win the Champions League again. “
Watch: All Sancho’s assists in 2019/20 so far
Dortmund achieved this feat once, beating Juventus 3-1 in the 1996/97 final, before wasting the 2012/13 edition against Bayern Munich, a year after Barrios left the club for China’s Guangzhou Evergrande.
Since then, the 35-year-old has played for Spartak Moscow, Montpellier, Palmerias, Gremio, Argentinos Jrs, Colo Colo and existing employers Huracán, but says his three-season spell at Dortmund Jürgen Klopp remains the gold standard.
“My time at BVB was the most productive of my career,” said Barrios, after taking part in a Legends Match against Bayern at the Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in December 2019. “I played with Mario Götze and Shinji. Kagawa, and we had a team.
“I’m still in touch with Shinji and Roman Weidenfeller. I had a lot of friends in Dortmund and I’m a big fan. I watch their games online. I’m pleased to see them so well. “
Watch: Lucas Barrios scored twice for Bayern in the Legends Cup
Needless to say, Barrios will be glued to the screen like the rest of us when BVB resume their Bundesliga crusade with a game against Augsburg on January 18.
Dortmund is now fourth in the table, with seven points leading RB Leipzig. Lucien Favre’s side also qualified for the knockout stages of the DFB Cup, where they will face Bundesliga rivals Werder Bremen on February 4, before facing former coach Thomas Tuchel’s Paris Saint-Denis. Germain to two games in the knockout stages of the Champions League (February 18 / March 11).
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