Lamine Yamal has thrown lightly on his daring effort that hit the bar at the last moments of the 3-3 draw by Barcelona with Inter Milan on Wednesday evening.
There was nothing to separate the two European giants in their semi -final first stage of the Champions League – because Barcelona came twice from behind to earn the draw.
Yamal, 17, stole the headlines with his dazzling display on the left-wing for Hansi Flick's side and covered his evening with a sensational purpose in the first half.
Moreover, he came twice close to his advantage after touching the bar in both the first and the second half of the collision.
His first attempt saw him beyond the Federico di Marco of Inter Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy and the full-back left in a lot on the floor before he saw Yann Sommer his efforts on the woodwork.
In the second half he saw a bizarre loop effort almost directly on top of the bar and bouncing away with teammate Raphinha lurking.
Fans were divided on whether the Spanish star Yamal intended to shoot or cross the ball to his Brazilian teammate and now the Barcelona star has unveiled the answer.
He was interviewed by CBS Sports after the game and Kate Abdo was present to translate the comments of the attacker.
She explained: “He said, the truth is that I haven't seen Raphinha. He tried to shoot. “
The teenager was skipped into admiration of experts who looked up, with Rio Ferdinand claiming that Yamal is already the best player in the world.
“As a pure football talent I go so far that I think I think Lamine Yamal is at a different level for every player who plays the game in the top 5 competitions in world football,” Ferdinand wrote on X.
'17 years old – really incredible. '
Speaking on co-commentary for TNT sports, Ferdinand was blown away by Yamal's fearlessness while he took the game through the neck villain and made things happen for his team consistently.
After Yamal scored and then hit the bar in the first half shortly after, Ferdinand proclaimed: 'This boy who took the Mick. He takes freedoms on the largest stage.
“Every time Barcelona gets the chance to open them, they look at the youngest player in their team.”
Ferdinand added further praise after full -time, because he admitted that it was a privilege to view Yamal in the meat.
Ferdinand said to TNT Sports: “We were just behind where Yamal caused his damage and enchanted the stadium, the amount of times he had the ball and had the game, every facet could be seen and it was wonderful to be here and to be part of it.”