Philippe Coutinho expressed gratitude toward his Barcelona partners and supporters for facilitating his nerves as the club's record marking made his presentation for the Catalan mammoths.
Coutinho supplanted Andres Iniesta in the 69th moment of Barca's Copa del Rey quarter-last second leg against Espanyol and helped his new businesses advance with a 2-1 total triumph.
The Brazil universal joined Barca not long ago from Liverpool in an arrangement that could reach £142m yet 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 an advance spell with in 2012 – however said the response of his partners and fans helped quiet him.
He said on Barcelona's authentic site: "For me it's an incredible night, an extremely exceptional night.
"They are my first minutes with this club and I'm extremely cheerful, excited.
"The gathering I got from the fans and the players left me glad. I was somewhat restless, anxious, however the way they all got me cleared out me exceptionally quiet."
Initially half objectives from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi at the Nou Camp helped holders Barca topple a 1-0 shortfall from the main leg and join Valencia, Sevilla and Leganes in the last four.
Coutinho included: "It's a unique night and we've figured out how to win, which is the most critical thing.
"It was a troublesome diversion, as you'd expect, against a group who played well. I think from the main half we controlled the diversion well and we've demand to win."
Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets additionally 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 as if they had traversed the round in the wake of winning the primary leg, however the ties most recent 180 minutes and we've demonstrated that we're vastly improved."
He included: "It's an opposition that we've won a ton as of late. Plainly there are needs in the season, however the glass is essential and we will battle to be in the last.
"We've controlled the diversion well, in spite of the fact that we realized that one objective could make things confused."