Barcelona record signing Ousmane Dembele was a second-half substitute as the Blaugrana played out a 1-1 draw with Celta Vigo on Thursday night in the first leg of Copa del Rey’s Round of 16 at Balaidos in Vigo.
A mid-September hamstring injury has kept the former Borussia Dortmund man sidelined since a month after switching from Germany.
However, he failed to make much of an impact.
Barcelona B player Jose Arnaiz put the visitors in front in the 15th minute, before a powerful strike from Pione Sisto in the 31st minute ensured the home side did not disappoint the 28,000 fans in the stadium.
Barcelona were obviously not at their best as they were missing the likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta.
But they go into next week’s return leg at the Camp Nou with a slight advances