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Chadi Riad was overcome with emotion after making Barcelona debut

Chadi Riad has admitted that he felt pretty emotional after making his Barcelona debut on Tuesday against Osasuna at El Sadar.

Xavi threw the 19-year-old on for the final few minutes, to give Pedri a rest, and Riad admits he wasn’t expecting to feature in the game.

“I was on the bench, I didn’t expect it and they told me to come out to warm up and I lasted 20 seconds. The truth is that I was very nervous, but my teammates helped me calm down and supported me a lot, on and off the field and I thank them very much,” he said.