Last night, Lamine Yamal was unable to prevent FC Barcelona’s defeat against AS Monaco (1-2), but the 17-year-old Spanish prodigy reminded everyone that he remains an exceptional player thanks to his magnificent goal scored in the Principality. European champion with La Roja last summer, the Blaugrana prodigy also confirmed that he does not experience the usual decompression phase that players who have won a major international trophy often suffer from.
Lamine Yamal, who scored last night, has now made six consecutive assists (four assists, four goals). An excellent start to the season that convinced his club to offer him a nice reward. And if the Blaugranas are now benefiting from the talent of their number 19, it is perhaps because they… hid him! Former Barça football director, Jordi Cruyff, the son of the Dutch legend, has indeed confided that Xavi would have liked to launch Lamine Yamal earlier, but that Barça was afraid of having the young talent stolen.
Cruyff under the spell of Lamine Yamal
” I remember the first few times he trained, after five minutes, the coach at the time, Xavi, looked at us and said that this boy was special. I even remember that he wanted to start him a little earlier and we said to ourselves: ‘but we don’t have a contract with him, so let’s make sure first that he’s ours for many years’. I remember that even the players, his veteran teammates, when he touched the first ball, everyone had their eyes on him thinking that this was something different, something very difficult to find. ” he confided to Movistar+before concluding…
” He is a star, but we are always a little afraid. He is very young, we have to give him time, we have to accept his games, that he sometimes has better and worse moments, that he sometimes makes a bad decision, but almost never, it is very strange for his age. But I totally agree that it is not good for anyone to try to label him as the best at the moment. We all know that in terms of talent and for his age he is the best, but it is better to stay calm, keep your feet on the ground, be humble and keep working, because he is a player with extraordinary talent. “And no one will say otherwise.
