The Blaugrana striker presents tomorrow’s challenge against Inter in the semifinal: “He is strong, defends well and on the counterattack is one of the best teams in Europe”
Mamma mia what a personality. The 17 -year -old Yamal Lamine shows up at a press conference before the Champions League semifinal between Barcelona and Inter and behaves as in the field: dribbling, assist and shots. Eighteen questions, short and sincere answers, even hard, brazen, as if they were the rhymes of his favorite singer, Morad, who went to see in Milan in February.
no fear
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They ask him if he is afraid of something, if he suffers from dizziness at the thought that tomorrow will reach 100 games with the minor Barça: “I left the fear in the car park of Matarò many years ago”, where Matarò stands for the bad suburbs where he grew up. In the press room, the expectation for the entrance of the European champion is bestial, the air fry as it happens only when electric players enter. The comparison with Messi accompanies for a while and will continue to accompany Lamine Yamal.
The Milgiore of the story
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They tell him that anything but 100 games, Leo at his age with Barça had played 7: “I don’t compare me with anyone, and even less with someone like him. I only try to improve myself, to enjoy my journey. Leo admire him because he was the best player in history, I leave the rest to you. No, I didn’t talk to it”. And again: those who ask him for an era Lamine after the era put to an era. “No no, this is the era of Barça, not of lamina. Messi has not scored goals at Inter in 4 games? It doesn’t matter, he has scored many to all … and then I hope to score”.
Message to Madrid
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On Saturday in the final won with Madrid, third of the CLásico out of three successfully by the Catalans, Lamine Yamal said to Araujo not to worry about Real, “this year they can nothing with us”. They ask him if sometimes by age or personality or way of seeing things not exaggerate a little. He shakes his shoulders: “As long as I win, they cannot tell me anything. That they fight me and then they will be able to speak”. Boom. And the spirit of Masía: “Clear that counts in the success of the team this year: we are many to have grown here. We have the team in the heart, we remember having seen the Triplete of 2015 as children. It is a feeling, we care about this shirt and the feeling is reflected in the field”.
Praise Inter
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“I particularly like stretcher and lautaro, but Inter have a lot of great players. The fact that he has lost the last 3 games does not count. Tomorrow we play a Champions League semifinal, it is another story for them as for us. Inter are strong, has great qualities and is a nice mix: he defends well and on the counterattack is one of the best teams in Europe, he is very dangerous, we will have to keep the ball as much as possible.
quality, no age
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And his age? “It does not matter. In football they count the quality and mentality, and I am ready like my companions, here we are many to be young. I try to have fun and enjoy all this. There are few who can say they have played many games with Barça at my age, and the thing motivates me. I look for continuity, there are not many people who play at my level in a club like Barça at my age”. Oh no dear Lamine, and there are not even many people who show a lot of character on the field and outside, there are not many 17 -year -old players who know how to respond naturally and brazenness, without fear of burning or telling the wrong thing. But clear, you left the fear in that bad peripheral parking.
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