Barcelona star Lamine Yamal seems to have a meteoric rise and little has been on the path of the 17-year-old in the last 12 months. Two factors that have accelerated his development were Euro 2024 and manager Hansi Flick.
Lamine Yamal went on the tournament at the age of 16 and closed a starting point in the Luis de la Fuente line-up. Playing a leading role for La Roja, with a wonderoal against France and a key role in the opener of Spain, he explains that it helped him to become a player faster.
“It has changed a lot. I now have more confident and I do more things than before. I used to play more easily, I did what I had to do at the time. Now I try to enjoy myself more and to be inspired by myself, and do how I feel at the time. I think I play with more confidence. “
Lamine Yamal admitted to Uefa.com that he “doesn't look much at statistics” and tried to distance themselves from comparisons with Lionel Messi. Despite a clear ride, the Barcelona winger explained that he played for the pleasure of others.
“If I look at the football match of another team, I want to enjoy it, I want to see players who are opposite each other … That is what I try to do when people come to the stadium, to show them a nice match. In the end it is about enjoying myself so that people can enjoy it. '
Although he only experienced three managers at senior level, Lamine Yamal also had friendly words for Flick, who has become Barcelona this season.
“He is a very nice person, someone you can talk to. He asks you how you are, he teaches you a lot, I have learned a lot from him. And that makes him respected as a coach and as a person. He is as you see, he is strict, but at the same time he knows how he can understand what every player needs at any time. “
“When it comes to defensive concepts, he asks me about certain things, but on the attacking side he doesn't tell me much, just to enjoy myself and that's it. That is the confidence he gives us. “
Despite a goal of drought at the moment, it has not prevented him from contributing a lot to the attack of Barcelona and to stay one of their most important creative points of sale. The Barcelona record without the Teenage star is considerably worse and Lamine Yamal will be one of the first players to try to stop opposition managers when planning the Blaugrana.
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