Carles Alena was handed his first Barcelona start of the season against Dynamo Kiev and certainly did not let Ronald Koeman down in the 4-0 Champions League win.
The midfielder, who has been linked with a January exit, came in from the injured Sergio Busquets and partnered Miralem Pjanic in midfield.
It’s fair to say that Alena barely put a foot wrong when it came to passing:
u26a0ufe0f ALEÑÁ: #DYNAMOBARÇA PASS MASTER! u26a0ufe0f
1ufe0fu20e30ufe0fu20e36ufe0fu20e3 Completed passes
1ufe0fu20e30ufe0fu20e37ufe0fu20e3 Total passes
9ufe0fu20e39ufe0fu20e3.1ufe0fu20e3% pic.twitter.com/rGweXYZ80t— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 24, 2020Alena will be hoping he’s done enough to earn more game time in the weeks ahead, and Barca certainly have plenty of fixtures between now and the opening of the January window.