Cancelo and Felix make Barca debuts in narrow win

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Joao Cancelo, Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski celebrateRobert Lewandowski's late winner was his 25th La Liga goal for Barcelona

Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix made their Barcelona debuts as second-half substitutes as they edged out Osasuna for a dramatic La Liga win.

Jules Kounde scored the opening goal for the defending champions as he headed in from Ilkay Gundogan's corner at the end of the first half.

Chily Avila leathered in a lovely equaliser from the edge of the box.

But Robert Lewandowski scored a late winner from the penalty spot after he was fouled by Alejandro Catena.

Catena was initially booked, although it was upgraded to a red card by the video assistant referee.

Manchester City full-back Cancelo and Atletico Madrid forward Felix, both Portugal internationals, joined Barcelona on loan on deadline day.

It was a first La Liga appearance for 29-year-old Cancelo since his final Valencia game in August 2017.

Felix, who ended last season on loan at Chelsea, remains the third most expensive footballer ever after his £113m move from Benfica to Atletico in 2019.

Barcelona also brought on a third debutant, former Athletic Bilbao defender Inigo Martinez, late on.

They move onto 10 points from four games.

Line-ups

Osasuna

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 13Fernández
  • 12AresoBooked at 41minsSubstituted forVidalat 80'minutes
  • 24CatenaBooked at 84mins
  • 28Herrando
  • 3Álvaro Armada
  • 34Muñoz
  • 14GarcíaSubstituted forBarjaat 61'minutes
  • 19IbáñezSubstituted forMoncayolaat 72'minutes
  • 10Oroz
  • 20ArnáizSubstituted forÁvilaat 62'minutes
  • 23GarcíaSubstituted forBudimirat 62'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Herrera
  • 2Vidal
  • 4García
  • 5García
  • 6Torró
  • 7Moncayola
  • 9Ávila
  • 11Barja
  • 15Peña
  • 16Gómez
  • 17Budimir
  • 22Mojica

Barcelona

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1ter Stegen
  • 20RobertoSubstituted forCanceloat 59'minutes
  • 23Koundé
  • 15ChristensenSubstituted forMartínezat 90+1'minutes
  • 3BaldeBooked at 90mins
  • 21F de JongBooked at 83mins
  • 18RomeuSubstituted forJoão Félixat 80'minutes
  • 22Gündogan
  • 27YamalSubstituted forF Torresat 59'minutes
  • 9LewandowskiBooked at 33minsSubstituted forRaphinhaat 90+1'minutes
  • 6Gavi

Substitutes

  • 2Cancelo
  • 5Martínez
  • 7F Torres
  • 11Raphinha
  • 13Peña Sotorres
  • 14João Félix
  • 17Alonso
  • 30Casadó
  • 31Kochen
  • 32López
  • 33Cubarsí

Referee:Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Attendance:21,966

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Osasuna 1, Barcelona 2.

  2. Second Half ends, Osasuna 1, Barcelona 2.

  3. Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).

  4. Aimar Oroz (Osasuna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  5. Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Iker Muñoz.

  6. Attempt blocked. Kike Barja (Osasuna) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nacho Vidal.

  7. Corner, Osasuna. Conceded by Jules Koundé.

  8. Attempt blocked. Iker Muñoz (Osasuna) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jon Moncayola with a cross.

  9. Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).

  10. Aimar Oroz (Osasuna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  11. Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).

  12. Jon Moncayola (Osasuna) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  13. Foul by Raphinha (Barcelona).

  14. Juan Cruz (Osasuna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  15. Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.

  16. Substitution, Barcelona. Íñigo Martínez replaces Andreas Christensen.

  17. Substitution, Barcelona. Raphinha replaces Robert Lewandowski.

  18. Corner, Osasuna. Conceded by Jules Koundé.

  19. Corner, Osasuna. Conceded by Jules Koundé.

  20. Goal! Osasuna 1, Barcelona 2. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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