Philippe Coutinho expressed gratitude toward his Barcelona colleagues and supporters for facilitating his nerves as the club's record marking made his introduction for the Catalan monsters.
Coutinho supplanted Andres Iniesta in the 69th moment of Barca's Copa del Rey quarter-last second leg against Espanyol and helped his new managers advance with a 2-1 total triumph.
The Brazil global joined Barca not long ago from Liverpool in an arrangement that could reach £142m however thigh damage kept him from making his presentation until the point that Thursday evening.
Coutinho conceded he had been hit by an episode of nerves preceding going ahead against Espanyol – the club he had a credit stretch with in 2012 – however said the response of his associates and fans helped quiet him.
He said on Barcelona's legitimate site: "For me it's an awesome night, an exceptionally uncommon night.
"They are my first minutes with this club and I'm exceptionally glad, excited.
"The gathering I got from the fans and the players left me upbeat. I was somewhat on edge, apprehensive, yet the way they all got me exited me exceptionally quiet."
To begin with half objectives from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi at the Nou Camp helped holders Barca topple a 1-0 deficiency from the main leg and join Valencia, Sevilla and Leganes in the last four.
Coutinho included: "It's an uncommon night and we've figured out how to win, which is the most essential thing.
"It was a troublesome amusement, as you'd expect, against a group who played well. I think from the primary half we controlled the amusement well and we've demand to win."
Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets likewise felt his side completely merited their place in the semi-finals and discharged a shot at their derby equals all the while.
Espanyol conveyed a conclusion to Barca's 29-coordinate unbeaten keep running under Ernesto Valverde when Oscar Melendo's 88th-minute strike gave them a 1-0 first-leg win.
That was a prominent accomplishment for the underdogs, yet Busquets felt their response to the triumph was fairly finished the best.
He said in Sport: "They celebrated just as they had overcame the round in the wake of winning the primary leg, however the ties most recent 180 minutes and we've demonstrated that we're greatly improved."
He included: "It's an opposition that we've won a considerable measure lately. Plainly there are needs in the season, yet the container is critical and we will battle to be in the last.
"We've controlled the amusement well, despite the fact that we realized that one objective could make things muddled."