Lamine Yamal: Ambitious message about Montjuïc and Spotify Camp Nou

The official return of FC Barcelona to the Spotify Camp Nou, this Saturday, November 22nd against Athletic (16:15 CEST) continues to generate multiple reactions in the Barça environment. In the case of Lamine Yamal, the blaugrana '10' shared an ambitious message on his social media in which he makes clear his desire to make history at the renovated stadium.

"Montjuïc was the beginning. The Camp Nou is where history will be written," Lamine wrote, accompanied by a photograph of himself holding the Barça crest on his jersey. The image is, in fact, his new profile picture on Instagram for now, where the footballer has over 39 million followers.

During his time at Lluís Companys, the Mataró native established himself as the best player on the planet at just 18 years old, as well as the main figure of the club's new sporting project. Now, he will seek to prolong his extraordinary rise to stardom at the culé temple.

Lamine Yamal's new Instagram profile picture

Lamine Yamal will play his second match at Spotify Camp Nou

So far, Yamal has scored 31 goals and provided 39 assists in 117 official matches for Barça. Saturday's game will be only his second appearance at the Spotify Camp Nou, where he only played 7 minutes against Betis (4-0) on April 29, 2023. That day he became the youngest debutant in the club's history at just 15 years and 290 days old, surpassing Pablo Gavi

Since then, the winger has completed a meteoric career that has led him to win multiple trophies, records, and individual awards, including two 'France Football' Kopa Awards, the European Championship with Spain, and two La Liga titles with Barça, in addition to finishing second in the 2025 Ballon d'Or for his performance in the 24/25 season, still as a minor.

Consolidated as a world-class 'star' and the best footballer of the moment despite the pubalgia that has affected him in the last two months, Lamine will once again set foot in a Camp Nou where he had a first encounter with the culé fans during the open training session on November 7thThe Rocafonda player rested during the FIFA date after undergoing treatment to alleviate his pubic pain and will be available to start against Athletic. A rival to whom he scored a great goal last season at Montjuïc (2-1).

Lamine will look to celebrate his first goal at Camp Nou and extend his offensive streak

Against the Basques, Lamine Yamal has the chance to extend his streak of **4 consecutive games scoring**. The '10' found the net against Elche and Celta in the league, but also scored a goal and provided an assist in the Champions League against Club Brugge. So far, he has 6 goals and 5 assists in 11 games in the 25/26 season, having missed 5 matches due to injury.

The winger also scored against Athletic in the 2025 Spanish Super Cup 'semis' (0-2) and in the 23/24 Copa del Rey quarter-finals (a 4-2 defeat for the Catalans in extra time). Saturday's match will be his seventh duel against the 'Lions', the rival he has scored against the most in LaLiga to date, along with Real Madrid (3)

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