On Monday, the change was fixed, on Tuesday Kevin-Prince Boateng was presented at FC Barcelona, on Wednesday denied the former Bundesliga professional already his first competitive game for the Blaugrana. In the quarter-final first leg of the Spanish Cup competition Barça entered with Boateng in the starting lineup at Sevilla - and lost 0: 2 (0: 0).
As expected, Boateng began in the attacking center as a substitute for the regular striker Luis Suárez, but had in a tactical game hardly worth mentioning actions and did not come to a single conclusion. Boateng's Barça debut came to an end after just over one hour, with Suárez coming on for his side (63rd minute) - probably because of coach Ernesto Valverde's side, who were 1-0 down at the time.
Five minutes earlier, Pablo Sarabia had brought Sevilla into the lead after a fine cross from Quincy Promes and a direct defeat by goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen (58 '). Boateng's substitution had no effect on the gameplay. In the 76th minute Wissam Ben Yedder closed a counterattack to make it 2-0.
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For Barcelona, the defeat against the fourth-placed Primera División is annoying, but not dramatic. In a week, the Catalans have the opportunity to retire with a win in the second leg at home Nou Camp still in the Cup semi-final. Also in the second round of the Copa del Rey Barça had lost the first leg at UD Levante 1: 2, the return leg but then won 3-0.