Lamine Yamal is a pure Barcelonnais, which obviously does not prevent him from appreciating idols from Real Madrid like Zinedine Zidane. A native of Esplugues de Llobregat, a stone's throw from Camp Nou, this son of a young Moroccan and a young Equatoguinean woman grew up in the northern suburbs of the Catalan city before entering the Blaugranas training center from the age of 7!
Whoever started in Liga in April 2023 from the age of 15 years and 9 months (a record in the history of the Catalan club) visibly appreciates the great players of Barça as those of Real Madrid. When giving his dream eleven, the winner of Euro 2024 quotes, in addition to his idols Lionel Messi and Neymar, no less than six players who made the heyday of Casa Blanca!
A 2007 native (he has just celebrated his 18th birthday), Lamine Yamal did not see all the players he selected, like Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo, two players from the Real galactics in the early 2000s (the Brazilian legend, evolved among the Blaugranas in 96-97 in the capital) at work.
Zidane behind Messi and Neymar
“Zizou”, who stopped his career in 2006, is thus found in a fairly unprecedented position in the Lamine Yamal team, since it is number 6 of the training, in “coverage” of Messi and Neymar. The Barcelonnais prodigy might have taken his time to quote Sergio Busquets or even Xavi, his first coach. Andres Iniesta does not appear in the XI either. That said, Zidane has sometimes evolved defensive midfielders under the orders of Rolland Courbis at the beginning of the Girondins de Bordeaux.
Iker Casillas is the goalkeeper chosen by Lamine Yamal, with two other Spanish world champions in central hinge, Sergio Ramos and Gerard Piqué, as well as the Brazilian side Dani Alves and Marcelo. In attack, we find Ronaldo “Il Fenomeno”, accompanied by Ronaldinho, 2005 golden ball during his visit to FCB, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo, Real superstar until 2018.
