Lamine Yamal, 16-year-old winger of FC Barcelona, once again had a decisive intervention in the Eurocup. The youngest player in the tournament scored the first of two goals scored by the Spanish team against the host team, Germany, in the quarterfinals to qualify for the semifinals. In line with the praise the precocious culé international has been garnering from football legends, who marveled at his self-confidence during the summer’s stellar competition, Klaus Augenthaler warns of the influence of the Barça youth squad in highly demanding matches. The former German international defender, now 66 years old and who played between 1975 and 1991 for Bayern Munich, is referred to as Lamine Yamal in the pre-match with a few words to As which now sounds like a prophecy.
Augenthaler expressed his amazement at the Lamine Yamal incident at such a young age and revealed a detail that highlighted his curiosity. “Lamine is 16 years old, it’s unbelievable”he pointed out before handing over the final key. “I’ve been investigating recently and here we’ve never had an international of that age with such an important role within the national team, it’s amazing”he emphasized.
Augenthaler’s ability to predict, seeing the 1-2 Germany-Spain in Stuttgart and how he defined, for example, the details of the match, is now getting a lot of attention. For example, he emphasized that Toni Kroos showed an aggressive attitude in the tournament, which he clearly showed in a tough match against Spain, with tackles like the one that caused Pedri’s early injury. Hours before the match, Augenthaler described the former Real Madrid player and former fan’s ‘transformation’ during the tournament. “Kroos has a lot of experience and has developed like few others, but I think he waited until the round of 16 to get his pants dirty for the first time in an innings,” he said. “It’s not a criticism, especially considering the speed he can bring to the German game and you have to watch more than 20 games to see him miss a pass. But he doesn’t like to get into duels like a man. like he used to do with Lothar Matthäus in his time, few got past our midfield and that was thanks to Lothar’s speed and aggressiveness.
Asked if this Friday’s game would be “the last game of his career,” Augenthaler replied: “It’s like…”, he said, “sorry: it could be,” he added with a laugh. “It is true that the circle is closed if, as a living legend of Real Madrid, he plays the last game of his career against Spain,” concluded the ‘pitoniso’ Augenthaler.
Source: La Verdad
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