After Lamine Yamal scored in Barcelona’s round of 16 second-leg match against Benfica in the Champions League, fans were left disbelieving by the events that transpired after the goal was scored.
After he had bamboozled two Benfica defenders, Yamal, who is 17 years old, provided the assist for Raphinha’s strike, which opened the scoring on 11 minutes. Following this, what appeared to be a skewed shot found its way to the Brazilian, who made no mistake from close range.
Just two minutes later, the away team equalised the score with a header from Nicolas Otamendi. Then, Raphinha, this time, turned provider by providing an assist for Yamal’s left-footed curler, which left Anatoliy Trubin, the custodian for the Portuguese team, with no chance of stopping it.
Glenn Hoddle, a former manager of England, was commentating for TNT Sports when he said, “That is a beautiful goal.”
“The moment Lamine Yamal enters the building, he immediately begins to move away from the goal, and he delicately places the ball into the far corner of the net.
“What an impressive objective that is. This is very high-quality.
“What an up-and-coming player. When he is at the top of his game, how incredible is he going to be?
When the winger was only 17 years and 241 days old, he became the youngest player in the history of the Champions League to record a goal and an assist in the same Champions League match. This accomplishment occurred during the first half of the match.
However, the event that took place after he scored is what has fans talking about it currently.
As the boots that Yamal scored in appeared to have been damaged, the kitman for Barcelona was waiting on the sidelines with a new pair of boots.
Fans were quick to discuss their opinions on various social media platforms.
A particular individual stated: “Lamine Yamal scoring and assisting with torn boots.”
Lamine Yamal is deserving of better, a second commentator said. With his torn boots, what exactly is he doing?
“That is a bad look on Lamine Yamal’s boots,” said a third person who made the observation.
In a humorous manner, the fourth person said, “Lamine Yamal’s goal was so filthy that they have to change his boots.”
Within the context of the 2024/25 campaign for the Catalan side, the impressive performances of Yamal and Raphinha have been a recurring theme.
The young man, who is only 17 years old, has already expressed his opinion that Liverpool and Barcelona are the two teams that are most likely to win the Champions League this year. The last time Barcelona won the competition was in 2015.
According to what Yamal said to MD in February, “I believe that Liverpool is the only team that is more of a favourite than us in the Champions League… because they arrived first.”
In order to win it, we can compete. Are we able to be there?
