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Barcelona plans to retain Juliano Belletti as manager of Barca Atletic despite the team's failure to secure promotion. Belletti expressed his commitment to developing young players for the first team.
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āThatās a matter for the board. My job is to bring the players into the reality of competitive football,ā he said.
āThis is how I can continue as a coach, working to better prepare them for the first team. The good thing is that Flick likes young players who understand the context,ā he explained.
āWe had to demand too much from the youngsters; I talked about protecting them, and yet theyāve shown something different, especially in their character.ā Barcelona Atletic will aim for promotion again next season but may lose players such as Xavi Espart and Tommy Marques to the first team. Yet Belletti will still have plenty of exciting talent to call upon, with players such as Ibrahim Diarra, Toni Fernandez and Ebrima Tunkara around.
Barcelona intends for Juliano Belletti to continue as the manager of Barca Atletic despite the team's disappointing season.
Barca Atletic missed out on promotion due to injuries to key players and regular call-ups of several players to the first team.
Players like Xavi Espart and Tommy Marques are potential candidates to move up to the first team next season.

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