It was for less than 10 minutes, but that glimpse of Lamine Yamal could be a watershed moment for FC Barcelona and its supporters.
That he is still only 15 years of age and playing for the mighty Barca is scarcely believable on any level, but he actually didn’t look out of place. Far from it in fact, given that he nearly scored and also nearly set up an assist.
The cameo handed him by Xavi was surely to test the waters and to see how he’d react playing in front of a partisan home crowd.
No matter how many times his name has been mentioned in dispatches, the proof of the pudding was most definitely going to be in the eating.