He is pure self-confidence on, but also off the field. Lamine Yamal (16 years old) spoke without complications about the tie that the Barça must play against him PSG in Champions League in the interview given to Mundo Deportivo. Dream about the final Wembley. And he ventured to a result in Paris, establishing himself as the main character.
We talk about what is coming and about the ball. The Champions League and PSG are coming. How do you deal with the tie?
With great enthusiasm. It’s my first quarterfinal tie and it’s a dream to play with them.
What do we have to do to beat PSG?
Play the way we play, our game and dominate them.
Is the model the draw against Naples and the matches are perfectly round or almost?
These playoffs are decided by details. If one team fails, the other will take advantage of it and in the Champions League, above all, you have to play with great intensity.
The last ball is in your hands. Can you dream of the Champions League at Wembley?
I think. All teams now have the same odds. You have to beat PSG and then in the semi-final no matter what.
There is a special feeling this week with no games unlike PSG. What do you say to each other in the locker room?
We are all focused on thinking about Wednesday’s game, which will be one of the most important of the season.
You will have to help Koundé or Araujo with Mbappé, something without doubt because there are games where you are one of the ones who recover the most balls. Are you paying more attention to how he plays to stop him?
Not just Mbappé. I always try the winger on my wing. This has already happened in Kvaratskhelia.
But are you looking at specific things about Mbappé’s game?
Yes, but he’s a player who will do something different for me in anything I focus on. So I think I have to help out on the side and that’s it.
In the last Barça Champions League you were almost eight years old. Where did you see the final?
I was playing MIC with Benjamín C and had a party with my teammates.
Who would have told you that nine years later you would be fighting him?
Yes, sometimes when I lie in bed at night I think about it and say it’s crazy but it doesn’t give me much time to think because you’re thinking about the next game, another training session and everyday life.
Another exciting thing is to score a goal in this Champions League. Do you know what will happen?
Yes, the record for the youngest in history, right?
Is there a promise if you can get it? Did someone ask you for a shirt if this happened?
Nothing, I guess my mother or father would keep it to themselves. I hope to arrive.
Are many friends going to Paris?
Yes, my three best friends are coming.
Have you been there?
This is not the first time.
Good time to debut. At Saint Denis, Barça won the European Cup in 2006 against Arsenal.
Yes it’s true.
A result for Wednesday?
0-1.
And who scored?
Myself
Source: La Verdad
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