{"id":28726,"date":"2024-06-17T12:39:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T11:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/?p=28726"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:04:24","slug":"the-barcelona-magic-boy-lamine-yamal-may-be-better-than-massi-and-maradona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/the-barcelona-magic-boy-lamine-yamal-may-be-better-than-massi-and-maradona\/","title":{"rendered":"The Barcelona Magic Boy, Lamine Yamal May Be Better Than Massi And Maradona!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soccer fans doubt his magic on the pitch! The problem for us all is that the expectation on his shoulders already is at a preposterous level and cannot be compared to any in the match.<\/p>\n

In the commentary box between the Spain vs Croatia game in the UK, the analysts even mentioned him in the same breath as Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona or even better<\/p>\n

Frankly, that\u2019s absurd and might be the one thing over time that ends up weighing far too heavily on his shoulders.<\/p>\n

Special players like Lamine Yamal come along once in a generation if you\u2019re lucky, and it is so, so easy to bestow them.<\/p>\n

When they have a bad day, you can hear the discontent in the crowd, and you can read all about it on social media. It\u2019s relentless in this day and age.<\/p>\n

The boy is not even 17 for another month and is already being touted as Barcelona\u2019s saviour.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s so young, he\u2019s even brought his schoolwork to the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI brought my homework here because I\u2019m in the 4th year of ESO,\u201d he said before the Croatia game. \u201cI have online classes too and those are going fine. I hope the teacher doesn\u2019t get mad at me.\u201d The problem of course is that he\u2019s good. Unbelievably good.<\/p>\n

He is one of that small group of players – already – that when he gets on the ball, there is an air of expectation that something is about to happen.<\/p>\n

Bums are no longer on seats as the crowd rises as one, waiting for that inevitable moment of brilliance.<\/p>\n

The world got to see on Saturday what Barcelona fans have known for the best part of a season – give Lamine Yamal a yard of space, and he will destroy you.<\/p>\n

He fears no man and, as his epic, pinpoint cross to Dani Carvajal showed, he is deadly when given half a chance.<\/p>\n

That made him the\u00a0youngest-ever Spain player to deliver an assist in the European Championship, and he\u2019s also the youngest ever to feature in the competition.<\/p>\n

It surely won\u2019t be long before he\u2019s the youngest to get on the scoresheet for La Rioja in the competition, too.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting is that Spain lost the possession battle overall in the game, preferring to go for a more direct route to the goal, which also suited the youngster.<\/p>\n

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