On only 17, Lamine Yamal has already conquered the football world and established itself as one of the best players in the world.
The young superstar has drawn comparisons with Barcelona's biggest player ever Lionel Messi and the Spaniard does not seem to stop who has done another enchanting performance in a compelling 3-3 draw with Inter Milan in the semi-final of the Champions League last night.
The young person has closed such parallels quickly.
In his press conference before the collision last night, he described Messi as the 'best player in the history of football', and later added: 'I try to forge my own path; I try to play the way I know how and don't think about something.
'I think that's the trick, that's the secret, to try to do my best and to compare myself to anyone.
'I follow my path, I give everything, and it has worked for me so far, but I still have not achieved anything.
But that did not stop the inevitable comparisons, such as Yamal, born in 2008, his 100th Barcelona Apperance marked a sensational individual goal.
And last night, Inter -Manager Simone Inzaghi became enthusiastic about the teenage seamen and described his talent as a talent that only comes by every 50 years.
“As long as it comes every 50 years, as Simone said, I am happy that it is for Barcelona,” Barcelona boss Hansi Flick added.
Yamal is already far ahead of many of the football's footballs, after he has reached his 22nd Barcelona goal on his first century of performances.
Colleague La Masia -graduate Messi had characterized only nine times, scored a single goal and did not claim any assists on 17, while Cristiano Ronaldo took five goals and four assists in 19 games.
While Yamal led the victory of Spanish championship victories last summer and the youngest goal scorer ever became the tournament, neither Messi or Ronaldo appeared at international level until they were 18.
Messi made his Barcelona debut at 17 and only delivered double digits in a campaign for the first time at the age of 19.
At the same age, Ronaldo had only just been broken in Sporting Lisbon and moved to Manchester United a year later.
The youngest player in Spain surpassed other early career rises.
Wayne Rooney burst on the scene of 16 years with Everton and scored a stunning last-minute winner to end Arsenal's 30-match unbeaten run in 2002, but only scored 12 club goals before he turned 18, also twice in eight England caps.
Ex-Livepool and Real Madrid Frontman Michael Owen became the youngest player who achieved 100 goals in the Premier League at only 23. He scored his league debut at the age of 17 in May 1997 and achieved 9 goals and 5 assists before he turned 18.
Kylian Mbappe conquered the Champions League Stormender and became the youngest player to reach 10 goals, but even he had only scored seven goals for Monaco against 17.
Although Yamal Messi darkens, who subsequently scored 672 goals and 303 assists for the Blaugrana, at the age of 17, he follows the eight times Ballon d'Or winner when comparing their first 100 games.
While Yamal is praised as the world's best player, Messi had already won his first balloon d'or before he had hit the 100 competition mile pole under Pep Guardiola.
By that time he had already scored a spectacular 41 goals and offered 14 assists and won the Champions League.
It is remarkable that Yamal has returned exactly the same number of target contributions, with 22 strikes and 33 assists.
In the meantime, a 19-year-old Ronaldo had won 17 goals and 19 assists when he marked his century of professional performances.
Mbappe scored an amazing 48 goals and provided 31 assists by his 100th club competition in the 2017/18 campaign – his first season in the French capital that Monaco had fired at the Ligue 1 title a year earlier.
Rooney was in his fourth professional season and had moved to Old Trafford, when he reached his 100th club performance.
The second highest goal scorer of England of all time had yielded 28 goals and collected 9 assists, making his target contributions 18 short of Yamal.
The 100th club performance by Michael Owen came in less glamorous conditions than Yamal's Champions League -Camee.
Owen traveled to Huddersfield for a third round FA Cup collision, at what stage he had already scored a remarkable 51 times while giving 21 assists.
Together with Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha, Yamal releases the Catalan giants to a potential Treble, after he already picked the Copa del Rey last weekend.
He has already won three trophies with Barcelona and lifted the euro crown last year.
Against his 100th performance, Messi had picked up four domestic awards.
The Argentinian legend made 778 performances at a stunning speed of 1.17 contributions per match.
He left Camp Nou in 2021 for Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, and is now in the MLS with Inter Miami, after he had added a World Cup and two Copa America to his litany of club trophies.
The two bizarre went together in a photo shoot before Messi was at the height of his powers and Yamal was only a few months old in 2007.
Yamal's parents had won a lottery in their hometown Mataro, 20 miles northeast of the Catalan coast from Barcelona, ​​for their son to be part of a photo shoot in the changing rooms in the well-camp for a charity calendar for a charity calendar
Eighteen years later, Barcelona found a replacement for their greatest star ever – and the comparisons will not end quickly.