Barcelona secured a late win at Cultural Leonesa in the first leg of their Copa del Rey tie on Wednesday thanks to substitute Clement Lenglet’s first goal for the club.
Ernesto Valverde named a much-changed XI as expected. He handed first-team debuts to Juan Miranda, Jorge Cuena and Chumi. There were also starts for Denis Suarez, Sergi Samper and Malcom.
FIRST HALF
Barcelona saw plenty of the ball in the first half, but they didn’t really trouble Palatsí in the Cultural Leonesa goal. They also suffered a blow in the opening 45 minutes, as Samper was forced off with yet another injury.