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Fermin Lopez made the very most of his first start in the Champions League by grabbing an assist and a goal to stake a serious claim for a starting spot in Saturday?s Clasico.
Barcelona?s youngsters just can?t resist stealing the headlines and, after Marc Guiu?s heroics at the weekend, it was Lopez who provided the fireworks against Shakhtar.
A lovely run and a shot against the woodwork allowed Ferran Torres to thump home the opener, before Lopez scored an absolute stunner to make it 2-0.

FermĂ­n's goal clocked 230kmh on the radar gun pic.twitter.com/wVQxMrJkjk? FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 25, 2023

In truth he could have had a hat-trick. He was also denied by the post and saw a lovely header ruled out for a marginal offside in the second half. It?s not the first time he?s fired an absolute rocket into the top corner in Barca colours. He also did it in pre-season against Real Madrid and would surely love to repeat that on Saturday.

5 - Youngest players to score in their first Champions League start for Barcelona:

1? Giovani dos Santos (18 years and 215 days)
2? Pablo Torre (19 and 212)
3? Sergi Roberto (19 and 302)
4? Sergio Busquets (20 and 98)
5? FERMĂŤN LĂ“PEZ (20 and 167)

Masia. pic.twitter.com/Ud31Sh9Ylt? OptaJose (@OptaJose) October 25, 2023

And it wouldn?t be a surprise to see Lopez start. Xavi has injury pr...