“Lamine Yamal is ‘on fire'”, headlined Mundo Deportivo on Thursday after the Catalan footballer himself at the Mundo Deportivo Grand Gala assured that he was going for more. And he was not wrong. The young winger continues to burn and he showed it again against Mallorca, extending a scoring streak that is already beginning to become routine. When the Barça The more the pressure was on, when the game called for calm and a definitive blow to scare away any scare, the Blaugrana’s ’10’ appeared. And it didn’t fail. Goal 40 with the Barça shirt. Nothing more and nothing less.
Before, Lamine I had already warned. At the start of the second half at the Spotify Camp Nou he claimed a clear penalty from Mojica. Inside the area, he looked for a profile to use his left foot and the left-back crossed his leg, unbalancing him. The referee did not point anything out, but the winger did not forget the action. Picado, like in partying with his friends, saved the answer for later. And he returned it in the form of a great goal and MVP of the game.
The play was born on the front line, with Mallorca locked up. Dani Olmoanother who is sweet and who in the first time had already attended Lewandowskifound Lamine on the front. There were legs, there was traffic, but also talent. The youth player armed his left foot and placed the ball far from the reach of Leo Román, until then the savior of the vermilion team. This time he couldn’t do anything. At game time, great goal. Adjusted to the left post, 2-0 and the culé fans surrendered to their idol.
A goal that was special. Number 40 in 136 games with the first team. And at only 18 years old.
The numbers, furthermore, begin to place him in another dimension. According to Opta data, Lamine Yamal He has already scored 24 goals in 92 LaLiga games, the best scoring record of a footballer before turning 19 in the five major European leagues in the 21st century, even ahead of Kylian Mbappé (23). Bigger words.
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The both before him Mallorca It was also the fifth in a row for the Barça winger. He has scored in the last three league games, in the last Champions League match against Copenhagen and also in the cup match against Albacete. In total, this season he has 15 goals (three from 18 last season) and 13 assists. Only Ferran Torres, with 16, has celebrated more goals. Lamine decide.
