Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-32 clash with Hercules at the Estadio Jose Rico Perez on Wednesday, their second stalemate in successive games heading in to Saturday's El Clasico.
David Mainz earned the third-tier side a shock lead shortly after half-time, but within six minutes, Carles Alena grabbed an impressive equaliser:
Barcelona wonderkid Carles Alena has scored his first goal for the club at the age of just 18 ud83dude4cud83cudffc pic.twitter.com/2s0768JDXm
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) November 30, 2016
Barca boss Luis Enrique named a much-changed side and gave a number of young players the chance to shine, including Alena, Borja Lopez, Alex Carbonell and Marc Cardona, while their illustrious front three were not involved.