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Just 15 years of age... 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.
Would he shrivel up and hide as you?d expect most 15-year-olds would in that situation, or would he flourish with the fearlessness of youth on his side"
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Barca?s notoriously fickle fanbase also had to be assuaged of course, and they finally got their first glimpse of the sensational teenager.
Xavi has previously said that he was in the first-team squad on merit, and not because his contract is up, and the occasion clearly didn?t faze him.
The inevitable questions will come thick and fast now, however, and that?s bound to be a harsh learning curve which is potentially more important to his growth than his displays on a football field.
What?s interesting of course is that he is another homegrow...