FC Barcelona midfielder Pedri, with help from Ferran Torres, prevented the Catlans from breaking an unwanted 53-year record on Sunday night when they picked up their first win of the season by beating Cadiz 2-0 at home.

Barca still made history in their debut at temporary home the Montjuic Stadium, or rather Lamine Yamal did.

Picked by Xavi in the absence of Raphinha, who was red-carded last time out against Getafe, the 16-year-old became his boyhood club's youngest ever debutant in La Liga,

The youngster went off to a standing ovation after playing a full 85 minutes. The teen prodigy was impressive again, and should have been awarded a penalty in the first half after being hacked down while also coming close to scoring his first senior goal with a shot that just went past the post.

Barca once again had a few valid penalty shouts, and looked as though they were well on their way to breaking an unwanted 53-year record amid Gavi hitting the bar with a header and substitute Ez Abde coming close with a shot palmed out of the top corner.

Had Barca not eventually scored, it would have been the first time that they started a La Liga campaign goalless in their maiden two outings for the first time since 1973.

With 10 minutes to spare, however, Pedri, in the advanced false left winger position, "showed his face" as the saying goes in Spanish.

Scrapping in the box after latching onto a wonderful Ilkay Gundogan through ball, he had to go to ground to slide his effort past Ledesma into the back of the net.

A crowd of 39,000 in the Montjuic Stadium went wild, and sighed a breath of relief knowing that Barca had finally gotten off the mark in 2023/2024 and would probably finish the evening just two points shy of Real Madrid.

Deep into stoppage time, Yamal's replacement Ferran Torres made sure of this by doubling the scoreline.

Pointing to his name and new number 7 on the back of his shirt after converting, the Spain international will have hoped to have done enough to knock Yamal out of Xavi's first team plans - though that is easier said than done.

Next up is a tricky away trip to Villarreal next Sunday where the heat will be unbearable at 17.30 local time at the height of Spanish summer.