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LAMINE CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY

Historic! Lamine Yamal breaks a Messi record and continues to grow his legend

Published:3/02/2025 - 22:48h

Updated:5/02/2025 - 16:58h

Lamine Yamal attempted 21 dribbles against Alavés and completed 11 of them, a figure that no FC Barcelona player had achieved in 20 years

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The match last weekend against Alavés was historic for Lamine Yamal. The star from Mataró carried the team on his shoulders, led them to victory, and took home the 'MVP', but he also had time to set a new and curious record.

Against the babazorros, the youth player attempted up to 21 dribbles and completed 11 of them, becoming the first player from FC Barcelona to achieve this figure in almost 20 years. The last culé to achieve similar numbers was Lionel Messi, who in the 2006-2007 season made 20 dribbling attempts against Mallorca and 10 of them were successful. A mark that has now been surpassed by the new blaugrana star.

Lamine, the king of dribbling in Europe

Indeed, the dominance of Lamine Yamal in this regard translates to a continental level, as the forward is the player who has completed the most dribbles this season in both LaLiga (61) and Champions League (51).

A figure that highlights that the winger is from another planet, as the second player from Barça with the most successful dribbles this season is Alejandro Balde with 53 between La Liga (31) and Champions (22), less than half of what the Rocafonda player has achieved. This statistic, combined with the 23 goals and assists in 29 matches that the '19' has achieved, confirms that, at just 17 years old, the future of the club is in his feet.