Barcelona Superstar Lamina Yamal continued to strengthen comparisons with club icon Lionel Messi after another big appearance over the weekend.
The Catalans secured a 1-0 over Alaves on Sunday, taking advantage of the shock defeat of Real Madrid for Espanyol to reduce the deficit La Ligaleader up to four points.
Robert Lewandowski scored the only goal of the game after an hour. Yamal failed to add his number of 15 assists for the season, but he was still a force because he broke the record that Messi set in 2007.
Electric teenager Messi tried 20 dribbling when Barcelona Faced with Mallorca 18 years ago, finishing ten to set a record in Barcelona in La Liga. Opposite Alaves, Yamal exceeded that number, trying to 21 dribbling and complete 11.
Yamal will not turn 18 until July and already has a much greater impact than Messi at the same age. Messi He was 17 and four months old when he made his debut with senior debut in Barcelona in 2004 and scored only one goal – without assists – in nine games until the age of 18.
Yamal had his chances long before, he was incredibly handed over to the debut of the first team as a 15-year-old and established himself as the most important Barcelona player last season when he was 16.
Since he still played with 17 months of this season, Yamal has already scored 79 senior appearances and scored 39 goals and assists in that time.
“Lamine is a genius. What he did, in some situations he is amazing,” Barcelona coach Hansi Flick thought after the Alaves game. “I’m very happy to play for Barca. It’s great.
“In 17 years, he goes great, and every match is good. And the opponents are not so easy to play. They are strong, defending well, trying to attack him, aggressive, but he’s going well. I love it.”
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