Lamine Yamal (16 years old) last night presented his candidacy to start next Sunday in the grand final of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid. The young Barça forward scored Barça’s second goal in stoppage time to confirm the final 2-0 in which the Barça team defeated Osasuna. It’s pretty much made it clear Lamine Yamal He is a striker with purpose and, when he gets close to the area, he has a great ability to finish. His goal was the culmination of a good counterattack play that started João Felix. The Portuguese defeated Areso with a spur pass at Peterwho returned the long ball so the Portuguese attacked the Osasuna defense in a race down the left end. Moncayola searched for him and João Felix He made it through the tunnel with the toe of his right foot. And when he was on the edge of the area, he feinted until he saw the opportunity to give a good pass to Lamine Yamal so that he, in the right winger position but already inside the area, faced one against the other. Mojica. The youth player controlled his right foot, placed the ball well with his left foot and immediately executed a sharp, low shot with the same leg that beat the goalkeeper. Sergio Herrerawho caught the ball before it went in.
The young forward celebrated in style because of the importance of the goal, which confirmed Barça’s place in the final, and because, as he admitted to the press, he had been looking to score again for weeks. And until yesterday, Lamine Yamal He scored only one goal. It was in Granada, in Liga, the day he became the youngest scorer in the history of this championship when he scored at the age of 16 and 87 days. But since that goal was scored on October 9, the young player has had the anxiety of beating a rival goalkeeper again.
In his goal yesterday, Lamine Yamal surpassed Gavi and he became, at 16 years and 182 days, the youngest scorer in the entire history of the Spanish Super Cup. The kid played a few complete minutes in attack and defense. In the offensive section, he also left a good pass for Lewandowski which the Pole was unable to convert into a goal. At the level of containment, he even made two tactical fouls against Areso and Juan Cruz, in the same Osasuna ball exit.
Source: La Verdad

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