Author of a stunning performance with Barça during the crazy semi-final go to the Champions League against Inter Milan on Wednesday evening (3-3), Lamine Yamal put the world of the round ball at his feet.
Already iconic. Wednesday evening, beyond its breathtaking scenario and its grandiose result, the semi-final go from C1 opposing Barça to Inter (3-3) was marked by the demonstration of the Lamine Yamal phenomenon. The 17 -year -old Catalan striker brought hell to life throughout the match, in the Lombard defense, helpless in the face of the immeasurable talent of the Spanish prodigy.
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Author of the first goal of his team, after a fantastic ride punctuated by an unstoppable left -wrapped strike (24th), the right winger sounded the Barcelona revolt. Dribbles, fabulous sequences, millimeter passes, two affected transversals, the Blaugrana simply splashed the lawn of Montjuic from his class, forcing observers and the whole of “planet” football to bow down in front of him. “Talents like that, he is born every 50 years. I have never seen a player like him in the past eight or nine years. We had to put three players on him ”recognized Milanese coach Simone Inzaghi at the end of the meeting, dithyrambic about Yamal. Same story on the side of his defender Alessandro Bastoni, torture with his teammate Federico Dimarco to counter the Catalan Follet Fire.
Talents like that, he is born every 50 years. I have never seen a player like him in the past eight or nine years.
Simone Inzaghi
For its part, the legend of Manchester United Rio Ferdinand reacted on Instagram about the phenomenon. “As a pure football talent, I even go so far as to say that I think Lamine Yamal is at another level than any player playing in the best world championships. 17 years old … it’s really incredible ”praised the 46 -year -old Englishman. Another big name in the ball, Thierry Henry, second top scorer in the history of the French team, compared Yamal to a player “possessed”, as he “Is not yet a man” at his young age.
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«A take two of him on the return? An eleven taking perhaps ”
Yamal, a generational talent, fruit of an innate alloy? “I saw everything at home on Wednesday evening. I saw Messi, Neymar and even Ronaldinho ”attested Samir Nasri on Canal+ at the end of the match, when, a few minutes earlier, Manchester City Star Erling Haaland also wrote on social networks that Spanish “Is incredible”. The French international Marcus Thuram, who signed his return from injury and author of the opening of the scoring after only 30 seconds of play – the fastest goal in history in the Champions League semi -final – preferred to laugh from the stratospheric level of the Catalan at the end of the meeting. “A take two of him on the return?” Perhaps an even eleven socket. The best player in the world is French. The second too. Yamal is perhaps in third, behind Kylian (Mbappé) and Ousmane (Dembélé) ”, With an ounce of irony or in bad faith, perhaps.
As for the principal concerned, which was celebrated (already) his hundredth appearance in the Barça jersey – younger scorer in history in the semi -finals from C1 to 17 years – does not linger on the praises which are awarded to him. “The praise?” I only do my work. I love playing football and I take advantage of it ”said at the end of the 2024 European champion with Spain, which will have to achieve a new XXL performance next Tuesday in San Siro, during the return round between Blaugranas and Nerazzurri.
