How refreshing it was to see another young player so in tune with his surroundings.
Riqui Puig’s first-team debut was long overdue and though Ernesto Valverde is right to ease him in gently, there was enough to suggest Barca have another real player on their hands.
The comparisons with Iniesta need to stop right now, mind.
So often, young players at the beginning of their professional careers are burdened by the weight of expectation.
More so at Barcelona where the cules desire to anoint a new star is almost rabid.
First Carles Aleña, today Riqui Puig.