Barcelona wants to win the Copa del Rey against bitter rivals Real Madrid, and Lamine Yamal will be one of the players on which they trust success at La Cartuja. And the 17-year-old will hope to make a difference in his first game since wearing a new hairstyle.
It was plagued on Friday that Lamine Yamal had changed his view on Saturday before the Copa del Rey-final, and in the warming that is now surprised completely unveiled. The 17-year-old has painted his hair completely blonde in a similar way like Neymar Junior, who is one of his idols when he was still in Barcelona.
Lamine Yamal, who had a shirt with his name and number burned by Real Madrid supporters prior to the kick-off, is expected to be a reference for Barcelona in the final because he has been for Barcelona the entire season. He scored this season in both earlier El Clasico meetings, and with his new hairstyle he will look to make it three in a row.
He will be directly against Ferland Mendy in the Copa del Rey final, where the Real Madrid defender has restored on time to take his place in the starting line-up mentioned by Carlo Ancelotti. Although this is a boost for Los Blancos, Lamine Yamal has been successful against the French defender this season, and he will again hope for the same in La Cartuja.
It is still to be seen how the victory comes up in the final of Copa del Rey. Barcelona comes in the game as favorites because of their better recent form and this season both have won El Clasico, but Real Madrid can never be excluded and they will watch revenge after losing those competitions through a total score of 9-2 in the Santiago Bernabeu and in Jeddah.