Villarreal Star Explains Why He 'Backed Away' From Barcelona's Lamine Yamal During La Liga Clash - Get Spanish Football News

Villarreal star explains why he 'backed away' from Barcelona's Lamine Yamal during La Liga clash - Get Spanish Football News

Villarreal star Pape Gueye has admitted that he backed away from a potential duel with Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal during the recent meeting between the sides. Barca and Villarreal, of course, locked horns this past weekend. As part of the penultimate gameweek of the La Liga season, the former welcomed the Yellow Submarine to Catalunya’s capital, with the title already wrapped up. The aforementioned Lamine, meanwhile, featured from the off …

'Guys, Lamine Yamal is too good. At one point, he stared me down… I was like, 'Oh, I don’t want to end up in a TikTok edit,' so I backed off right away. Just trying to finish the season peacefully' Villarreal man left trembling against Lamine Yamal

Villarreal beat Barcelona 3-2 in La Liga despite Hansi Flick's side having already won the title

The midfielder of Villarreal, Pope Gueye, recently shared his feelings after facing Lamine Yamal, the young nugget of FC Barcelona. Impressed by the qualities of the 17-year-old player, he did not hesitate to call him a phenomenon. "There were players who said ‘Wallah, he is better than Messi.' At one point, he looked straight into his eyes... I thought: ‘Eh, I don't want to end up on an edict TikTok. I went back straight! End of the quiet seaso…