“Lamine is very young and very good”

Lamine Yamal is already one of the names of this start of Euro 2024. The FC Barcelona winger shined in his debut with the Spanish team in the victory against Croatia (3-0) and at the age of 16 he already caught the attention of football personalities following the great continental tournament of the summer. If UEFA president Alexander Ceferin said that if he was sent to a club he would sign Lamine Yamal, this Monday he also brought the the short but powerful praise of one of Spain’s next rivals, Italian midfielder Davide Frattesi. “Yamal is young and very good,” emphasized Frattesi, who however expanded the focus to a team “with other good players.”

In his analysis of the game of the Spanish team, Frattesi interpreted the loss of percentage in possession of the ball compared to the Croatian team as an adaptation to the new eras in football, different from the era in which the ‘ la Roja’ of two Euro Cup titles. and a World Cup between 2008 and 2012. “I think Spain today is more modern, a team that has adapted to current football. The current players in the middle of the Red field are very strong,” he highlighted.

Frattesi, 24, has just starred in a fine season with Inter Milan who also boast a good midfield, with players as good in that line as ‘azzurro’ international Nicolò Barella. From Spain who reigned with an iron fist on the football world map marked by Barça’s ’tilitaka’ style and possession style with Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and Sergio Busquets as references, Frattesi joked about that childhood memory. “The three phenomena in the past that did not let you catch the ball, Spain is ahead of us and so we have to show the Italian spirit that has been with us for many years: it is important to win.” “If we put it in one-on-one duels, we have little chance. If instead we focus on the group, on unity and sacrifice, we can do it together,” he concluded.