Teenage sensation Lamine Yamal becomes Barcelona's youngest ever La Liga player with appearance against Real Betis

• Came on with 10 minutes remaining
• Almost scored shortly after his introduction
• First senior appearance for Blaugrana

WHAT HAPPENED? The 15-year-old made his long-awaited league debut for the Blaugrana, coming on in the 83rd minute of Barca's 4-0 thrashing of Betis. Yamal touched the ball 12 times and had a shot on goal in a lively showing. His introduction came a week after he was named in Xavi's matchday squad for the first time.

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THE BIGGER PICTURE: A dynamic winger, Yamal is the latest of a long line of promising talents to come out of Barcelona's famed La Masia academy. The club accelerated him past the B team level after Xavi called the teenager up to training last September.

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WHAT NEXT? Yamal will hope to see the pitch more regularly as Barcelona close out the league title with their final six games of the campaign.