Lamine Yamal created a huge controversy in Spain before the Clasico!

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

It was obvious that Lamine Yamal's comments made last night on the Kings League set were going to cause a lot of noise in Spain. Less than three days before the Clasico at the Santiago Bernabéu (Sunday at 4:15 p.m.), the Barça star insinuated, in a humorous tone, that Real Madrid had, according to him, the reputation of stealing his matches. “Yes, they steal, they complain all the time…”he assured Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos, Real fan.

Obviously everyone on set is laughing at the words that the young Spanish international has just made. Also present, and formerly of Barça, Gerard Piqué adds a layer. “It’s not debatable”while Gerard Romero tries to calm everyone down before tempers flare at the disbelief of the Madrid fans present in front of the cameras. Everyone already knew what was going to happen. It didn't fail.

Knee-jerk reactions in Spain

He is not aware of what he represents, of what he can say. He is 18 years old, he is already the leader of Barça and the Spanish selectionEdu Aguirre gets carried away on the set ofEl Chiringuitoa close friend of Real. He thinks he is the king of football. He barely extends his hand to Ronaldo. (…) No player can say that an institution is stealing. I don't care if he's with his friends at the Kings League. He thinks he is above everything, good, evil.»

This is a new controversy, of which Lamine Yamal is the epicenter, worse than he himself provoked, at a time when Barça wants to put things in place to avoid this type of problem. There was the episode of the locker room, of Flick, of the selection, there are now his latest statements about Real which are circulating on social networks. “This video by Lamine Yamal should be broadcast in Valdebebas. Tomorrow morning. The first thing players should see is this guy belittling Real Madrid. It's time to put it back in its place», Reacted for example a Spanish influencer. This Clasico promises…