Lamine Yamal brutally shot back on Rafael van der Vaart's comments with a brilliant celebration and Instagram commentary after the quarter-finals victory of the Nations League in the Netherlands.
The winners of the Euro 2024 defeated Ronald Koeman's side to the penalties after a 5-5 draw on aggregated over two legs, so that a semi-final confrontation with France was set up on 5 June.
The second stage was 2-2 in a normal time thanks to a brace from Mikel Oyarzabal and strikes by Memphis Depay and Ian Maatsen.
Yamal scored a great goal in extra time, but a penalty from Xavi Simons forced Spot-Kicks, where La Roja came up with the victory despite their 17-year-old sensation that was missing on 12 Yards.
The Barcelona Wonderkid has received so many conspassits for his incredible performances since he had been on stage as a 16-year-old, with Thierry Henry among those to greet his adulthood after he scored 13 goals and registered 17 assists for Barca this season.
Yet former Real Madrid and Spurs midfielder Van der Vaart launched a surprise attack on the wing player after the first stage, burning him “Superficial”, claiming that he struggled against left-back Jorrel Hato and criticized how low he wore his shorts.
“These are things that I notice: I see things that start to disturb me a little. Pants a little lower, not much effort, gestures a bit superficial,” said Van der Vaart on NOS.
“That is when I think: if you are so young, you have to be happy with every minute you play for Spain.
“No matter how good you are, at that age you have to prove it every minute and in every game. But that does not change the fact that Hato just had him in his pocket.”
Yamal responds to Van der Vaart
After his sublime finish to bring 3-2, Yamal went down his shorts and Van der Vaart Mock while he was harassed by his teammates.
Lamine Yamal pulled down his shorts in response to Rafael van der Vaart. Image: Getty
But Yamal was not ready there, because he then chose to start Van der Vaart in a viral post on Instagram. He shared a series of snaps from the game, with the caption: “Pants down, goal scored, missed punishment and in the semi -final … Vamos, Spain”.
And deep in the carousel were screenshots of Van der Vaart who looked irritated next to Yamal's celebration.
Lamine Yamal went after Rafael van der Vaart on Instagram. Image: Instagram/@Lamineyamal
Spain will take France on June 5 on June 5 after they also won on penalties in the Stade de France after an aggregate with Croatia.
Germany and Portugal contest the other semi -final on 4 June in the Allianz Arena in Munich.
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