Barcelona Lamine Yamal believes that Liverpool are favorites to win the Champions League this season after the men of Arne Slot have won the competition phase of the competition.
The Reds were almost flawless in the renewed version of Europe's Elite Tournament, because they won seven of their eight games in the first round, in which teams were placed in a competition table instead of the usual group phase.
Liverpool ended with 21 points, with their only loss in a 3-2 defeat against PSV after Slot had made major changes to his starting XI, with a place in the knockouts that are already secured.
Slot and his team are now waiting for their next opponents in the round of 16 while the play-off stage continues. His side will be heavily supported to go far into the tournament because they offer to claim their first triumph since 2019.
And Barcelona Starlet Yamal is one of Liverpool's tilting to do well in the tournament. He said that Slot's side is the only team that has a better chance of winning it than Barca.
When asked about Barcelona's chances of silverware this season, Yamal told the Spanish Outlet Mundo Deportivo: “It depends on us.
“And in La Liga we are the first to be the first, so it all depends on us. It is a victory, win and when you win, go on to the next round and it becomes easier and easier.”
The 17-year-old winger is one of the greatest talents in world football, where many people tip him to become a future balloon d'Or, or after he helped Spain win Euro 2024 last summer.
Yamal still has an impressive season under the new Barcelona boss Hansi Flick after scoring 11 goals and helping 12 so far, with fans hope that his performances can lead the club to their first Champions League victory in a decade.
Barcelona has not succeeded in reaching a final since that 2015 triumph over Juventus, but Yamal is optimistic that the team can end that Rotte Run. He said: “In the end you have hope, but that happens every year.
“Last year I think everyone was enthusiastic about the Champions League. Again, but you don't talk specifically about whether we can win this or that, but you can see that everyone wants to win, that they are enthusiastic. I think so this year would years. “
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