BARCELONA wonderkid Lamine Yamal celebrated a historic night under the lights, but was forced to miss some of it to go to the loo.
Yamal made his full Champions League debut for the Spanish giants in their clash against Porto tonight.
And aged 16 years and 83 days, the start made him the youngest ever player to start a Champions League match, surpassing Celestine Babayaro’s record set in the 1994/95 season.
However, with Barca leading the game 1-0 thanks to Ferran Torres’ first half injury time strike, Yamal took the chance to head to the bathroom mid-match.
In the 71st minute the teenager left the pitch to go to the toilet.
But Yamal never returned to the pitch and he was forcefully subbed off in the 80th minute with Barca having played with just ten players for nearly ten minutes.
Manager Xavi explained what had happened to the youngster after the game.
He said: “Lamine Yamal was unwell. He had an illness, he had been telling me for a while.
“I took advantage of a break to tell him to be quick and go to the toilet, but in the end they told me that he wouldn’t be able to get back on the pitch.”
The LaLiga outfit managed to see out the fixture despite Gavi being sent off in injury time.
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