Frenkie de Jong made his long-awaited return to Barcelona on Tuesday after being sidelined for nearly five months because of an ankle injury.
The Dutch midfielder replaced Lamine Yamal in the 75th minute of Barcelona’s 5-0 rout of Young Boys in the Champions League.
De Jong had hurt his right ankle in April in a Spanish league Clasico against Real Madrid. He also missed the European Championship because of the injury.
Barcelona had opened their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 loss at Monaco.
Also Tuesday, forward Ansu Fati made his second appearance of the season after replacing Pedri in the 63rd minute. Fati had played a few minutes in Barcelona’s match at Monaco last month.
He returned from a loan to English club Brighton this season.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice and Raphinha and Iñigo Martínez added goals for Barcelona, along with an own-goal by Mohamed Camara, in the win against Young Boys.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.
