Lamine: “The most exciting thing for me is the titles, we will go for the League, the Cup and the Champions”

Lamine Yamal He took his months in the elite at the end of 2024, which already put him among the best footballers in the world. In Catalan words Barça Onethe 17-year-old youth squad assumed that in the coming calendar year “collective titles are missing from Barça, which is most exciting, but we will try to win the League, the Cup and the Champions League and everything we can ,” he warned.

Looking ahead to the immediate future that awaits 2025, Lamine Yamal An individual challenge was imposed. “I need to score more goals, I have improved a lot in assists, so that is my challenge,” he summarized.

His assist quota increased thanks to a superb pass celebrated by his Barça teammate. Raphinha. “Since I’ve been a junior I’ve been making these passes. For me it’s a better resource than hitting it with my right, because sometimes I don’t know where the ball will go, to be honest. It’s going quite well for me , his movements are also very important. Raphinhaa very fast player to whom I can give that ball,” he added.

The goal was his “challenge”, although at Barça he did one that he holds with special affection. the third of four made by Barça against Real Madrid in the October Classic at the Bernabéu. “I’m very happy with my goal at the Bernabéu, because we were 0-2 down and everyone knows that Madrid always score in the last minutes, so the 0-3 score almost sealed the match. It’s a Clásico that sees everything, so scoring in that game was a dream,” he emphasized.

Laminate He indicated what his favorite football was. “When I catch the ball on the sideline is when I’m 100%. That’s when I can do everything I want, I don’t have rules, I have freedom of movement,” he said before clarifying that “in the end, when. I went down to accept the center and I defend, you have to play one or two touches and not lose the ball, be a good teammate and get down to defend.

The world’s biggest growth winger admits there are special games throughout the calendar. “Everyone, before the game, already knows if they are involved. Because you are always motivated, but there are important games, Madrid, Atlético, Champions… where you have a spark,” he argued.

In his personal evolution, he considers that he is closing “a very important year, in which I became less. in which I felt important, in the team and in the selection and in which he gained a lot of experience, ” he listed. . Lamine clarified that “in your first year as a starter you don’t usually do well, although what excites me the most is winning team titles, which is what I’m missing at Barça,” he reiterated.

The quality of the coach Hansi Flick is giving a lot of “confidence” to the player. “” Flick gives you good advice, he gives you confidence. Before leaving the lineup he explains it to you. He knows how to say everything at the right time. He always told me to believe, that I was very important to the team. Having confidence and a little bit of selfishness is good,” he highlighted.

Having a lot of youth players in the team contributes a very important thing. “In the locker room there is joy, happiness, energy. And many of us have been culé since we were little, we come from La Masia. We know how important it is to play for this shield. We all give everything for here ‘shirt’,” he stressed.

Laminae, who missed the last game against Atlético and will be out due to the right ankle injury he suffered playing against Leganés, assured that he will return to the field “better”. “I am in a recovery process but I will return better and with more desire. When you stop playing for a while you realize what you are doing,” he commented before separating his past injury from the present. “It wasn’t a problem with the other injury. It was bad luck, a blow that made me twist my ankle and that can happen to anyone,” he concluded.