FC Barcelona has had one of the best first halves of the entire season against Real Betis. The Copa del Rey round of 16 match went to half-time after a monumental collective display by the Barça team. Individually, we must highlight a name of its own, that of Lamine Yamal. The star of FC Barcelona and the Spanish team amazed during the first forty-five minutes with a spectacular performance that ended with two goals for his team against Real Betis.
“Is it the fusion of Messi and Neymar together?”, “It makes you want to turn on the TV”, “He plays as if he were playing in the street”, are some of the opinions that have been read on social networks by fans. blaugranas, who are enjoying the beauty of a star with these characteristics.
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His moment of form does nothing more than confirm that he is here to stay and that his emergence is not that of just another player, but perhaps of a footballer who will mark an era wearing the shirt of both FC Barcelona and the Spanish team. With the national team he has already established himself as one of the great leaders, lifting the Euro Cup in Germany and with Barça, at 17 years old, he is the best player on the team.
His display against Real Madrid has elevated him
His match in the final of the Spanish Super Cup against the biggest rival has also shown that he appears in the most demanding matches. He did it with a great goal that emulated the best times of Leo Messi and even Lluís Flaquer, Barça's narrator for 'Carrusel Deportivo', fell into that taboo comparison with the Argentine. It should be valued even more if you take into account that he had Kylian Mbappé in front of him in his best game with the white shirt. The fact is very clear: every time they face each other, Yamal finds the door.
Against Real Betis, Lamine Yamal did not find the net but he left a few details that will open the mouths of any football fan. The winger was able to provide two goal assists for Koundé, although in the end the Frenchman's second goal did not add up to the scoreboard due to a millimeter offside and he left dribbles on the Camp Nou green that had not been seen since the best times of Leo Messi or Neymar.
The tunnel that amazed Montjuic
There was a dribble that was especially applauded on social networks. On the right wing, a critical area for any defender facing Yamal, he grabbed the ball and decided to do mischief. The most mischievous of all was half an hour into the game on the right side of the Real Betis area.
Defended by Perraud and with hardly any way out, he touched the ball with the outside and passed the ball between the legs of the French defender. This action raised the astonishment of all of Montjuic, who applauded and amazed in equal measure. That “tunnel”, as the pipes are called in football slang, is one of the best actions that have been seen lately in Can Barça. The light of Lamine Yamal illuminates the culés on their way to playing brass this season.
