US EditionFlick on Yamal: Hard work to top Messi, Ronaldo
- On April 30, 2025, FC Barcelona and Inter Milan played to a 3-3 draw in the opening match of their Champions League semifinal tie held in Barcelona.
- The match featured 17-year-old Lamine Yamal scoring Barcelona’s first goal, highlighting his rising prominence amid high expectations from coach Hansi Flick.
- Yamal’s performance drew widespread praise, with Inter’s Simone Inzaghi calling him a rare talent born once every 50 years and Flick labeling him a genius.
- Yamal has netted 15 goals this season, and coach Hansi Flick highlighted that beyond his natural talent, consistent hard work is essential for him to attain the standards set by legendary players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
- Barcelona prepares for Tuesday’s second leg with changes expected, including the return of Marc-André ter Stegen, while chasing LaLiga and a treble amid injury challenges.
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Lamine Yamal: snake-like movements, 'neural advance', molecular sensitivity, the secrets that make it unique in the world
After surprising the world at the European Championship, Lamine Yamal has returned to enchant with an outsized performance against Inter, in the Champions League: at the root there is a 'body intelligiveness' that alienates him from Messi, a 'visionary' mental intelligence and technical specificities from the academy
How the hell to define Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal insists on rejecting the prudence with which we try to protect him by throwing bargains, impossible passes and goals that arise from the insolence of the Imberbes. There is no way to stop with this boy so son of our time, fruit of the mestizoje and the effort of his immigrant parents and grandparents. There is the teenager, 17 years old, breaking barriers at an unprecedented age. Not even Messi did what this footballer with his year…
Lamine Yamal 'diced': “The best in the world is French. Maybe he's the third.”
Lamine Yamal is on 'lips of the world' after scoring a (big) goal this Wednesday, which helped Barcelona to tie three balls against Internazionale in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Despite his' tender '17-year-olds, the Spanish international is already considered by many to be a serious candidate to win the Ballon d'Or. However, when asked whether he would be the best player in the world right now, Marcus Thuram 'rolled his n…
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