Lamine Yamal, the best U-17, led the senior team’s success

Now you can rest. If anyone still doubts the promise of Lamine Yamalthe player of Barcelona has followed the regulatory process. Against Cyprus, he played his third official international match for the Spanish team and could not wear another shirt other than La Roja.

The youngster celebrated with a fine goal to open the scoring in Spain’s win over Cyprus. A bit of crack, pure talent, leaving three rivals sitting and Mall, the Cypriot goalkeeper, an opponent who already danced in his first game as a starter for Spain, last September in Granada.

The Barça winger’s evolution has been meteoric. Without walking any further, last May he was competing in the European Under-17 Championship with his generation of friends. Marc Guiu, Pau Prim, Cubarsi and company.

They are currently competing in the World Cup in their category in Indonesia, while Lamine Yamal He skipped three years – U18, U19 and U21 in less than half a year – and was a starter under Luis de la Fuente, who showed his trust in him from the first moment.

In fact, the coach has been following him for a long time. When Laminate He started with the Under-16 team last year and caught the attention of the coach, who already had him in mind before his first list. He didn’t want a talent that big to get away from him. The RFEF also acted quickly and secured the forward, who until now has always chosen to play with La Roja.

After three games, the kid has already scored two goals. The first against Georgia in his debut, becoming the earliest scorer in team history, and the second yesterday. But beyond the goals, it’s the courage, the personality, the courage. At the age of 16, he seems to have been playing in the senior team for several seasons. And most of all, the child is having fun. The game often happens in his right lane, his teammates support him and the boy dares to play video game plays. Above all, this is just the beginning.