On a rainy night, 88,000 spectators chanted and chanted at NewCamp. It was in that gallery that a new tide came in, when Lamin Yamal came on as a substitute.
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Youth impression on the face, age is also the same. Yamal became the youngest player to make his debut for Barcelona at the age of 15 years and 290 days.
He is the fifth player across all teams to make his La Liga debut before turning 16. Despite not scoring a goal, this Spanish forward of Moroccan origin won the heart of coach Xavi Hernandez by playing brilliantly in the presence of ten minutes on the field.
Barca moved a step closer to reclaiming the league title with a 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Real Betis on a history-making night for Yamal, who emerged from the club's academy at Camp Nou on Saturday.
Goals from Andres Christensen, Robert Lewandowski and Rafinha gave the Catalans a 3-0 lead in the first half. Betis' Guido Rodriguez made it 4-0 after the break. Real Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 with Karim Benzema's hat-trick coming back from injury in another match. Benzema, who achieved the rare feat of three hat-tricks in a month, is now the fourth highest goalscorer in La Liga history with 236 goals.
Despite returning to the winning streak, Real has been knocked out of the fight to retain the league title. Barca coach Xavi is finally getting a taste of the title as he is 11 points ahead of Real with six matches remaining, this victory is a big step towards winning the title. After the bad performance of the last few days, we have managed to match ourselves. Now the feeling of winning the title is shaking me.
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