Lamine Yamal bends the soccer ball into the far corner after making Henrikh Mkhitaryan nearly fall over. Defenders hate when you dribble right at them with the ball. And these days nobody does it better than the Barcelona winger.
Yamal makes history with 100 Barcelona games. And he’s still just 17. Yamal is the youngest player to reach 100 games for FC Barcelona.
Watch the Lamine Yamal goal verses Inter Milan in the video below. Yamal is a joy to watch play the game. When the soccer ball is on his left foot, it is almost as dangerous as if it was Lionel Messi. It was a perfect shot too. He has such a light touch to bend the ball to the far post.
Inter Milan’s manager Inzaghi – from ESPN: Players like Barça’s Yamal born every 50 years.
“Barça have a player [Yamal] who is difficult to stop. We started well, but in the last 25 minutes of the first half he created a lot of problems. He is a player I had not seen live before and we had to double up on him. A phenomenon born every 50 years. He really impressed me today.”
Some stats from TNT Sports. How does Yamal compared to some of the best players to ever play the game?
Cristiano Ronaldo at 17 years old: 19 appearances, 5 goals, 4 assists.
Lionel Messi at 17 years old: 9 appearances, 1 goal, 0 assists.
Lamine Yamal at 17 years old: 100 appearances, 22 goals, 33 assists.
Overall, the Yamal goal is one of the better ones you’ll ever see in the Champions League for quite some time. It’s not just how he drives at the defenders on the dribble. Look where he starts the play and collects the soccer ball and then charges at goal. He wins the ball and spins away from pressure. Just a brilliant goal.
