The son of FC Barcelona legend Ronaldinho, Joao Mendes, has made what is being considered his official debut for the club.
Regardless, the Rio-born forward is certain to play a part in two games that the Juvenil B team have on Thursday. In Barca's Group E tournament opener held in the coastal town of Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava, Mendes helped Barca win 3-0 against another U19 team, AFA. [given a run out with a mix of the Juvenil A and B outfits against Manchester United](https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=33ddf49794e258f7JmltdHM9MTY4MDY1MjgwMCZpZ3VpZD0yYzhjNWMzYy02ZWU0LTZkZTYtMGExNS00Yzk2NmY0YzZjZmUmaW5zaWQ9NTE3OQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=2c8c5c3c-6ee4-6de6-0a15-4c966f4c6cfe&psq=tom+sanderson+ronaldinho+son&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9yYmVzLmNvbS9zaXRlcy90b21zYW5kZXJzb24vMjAyMy8wMi8xNi9yb25hbGRpbmhvcy1zb24tbWFrZXMtZmMtYmFyY2Vsb25hLWRlYnV0LWFnYWluc3QtbWFuY2hlc3Rlci11bml0ZWQv&ntb=1) on the same day that Xavi Hernandez's first team hosted the Red Devils for a thrilling 2-2 draw in the Europa League playoffs.
Jesús Velasco's team showed off their recent Copa del Rey success and the athlete took the honorary kick off.
The Catalan manager was understandably downbeat after Real Madrid's 0-4 destruction of FC Barcelona at Camp Nou.
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Xavi Hernandez arrived at FC Barcelona two seasons ago, during this time the coach has had two major failures in the Champions League, the club was ...