Lamine Yamal: the Barça ’10’ broke another Euro record against PSG

Lamine Yamal continues to rewrite the history of Fútbol Club Barcelona and the Champions League. This Wednesday, in the match against PSG at Montjuïc, the youth player played his 24th match in the top continental competition, which makes him the player under 19 years old with the most appearances in the history of the tournament.

The Blaugrana ’10’ signed this new record precisely against the player who until now dominated this record. Zaïre-Emery stopped adding to the classification on March 8, when he turned 19, and Yamal has taken the opportunity to place himself at the top of a list reserved only for the greatest precocious talents in European football.

Lamine Yamal: an unprecedented record history

The record reached against PSG is not an isolated event in the meteoric career of Lamine Yamal. The Barcelona player already holds records that no other player had achieved in the Champions League:

1. Youngest Culer to debut in the competition (16 years and 68 days).
2. Youngest starter in the history of the tournament (16 years and 83 days).
3. Youngest assistant in the Champions League (16 years and 153 days).
4. Youngest player to play in a Champions League knockout stage (16 years old).
5. Youngest footballer to reach 10 games in the competition (16 years and 278 days).

All these milestones confirm that the Spanish international winger is not only the immediate present of Barça, but also a future asset with a ceiling yet to be discovered.

A comparison with the great stars

The magnitude of Lamine Yamal's record is even more appreciated when compared to the beginnings of other legends. Cristiano Ronaldo, for example, had not yet debuted in the Champions League at the age that Lamine is today (18 years and 80 days).

The same occurs with other players who, although they ended up forging historical careers, could not break into the European scene with such precocity.

Lamine Yamal, symbol of the new Blaugrana era

Barça is experiencing a present marked by a firm commitment to the youth academy, and Lamine Yamal is the best example of this. At 18 years old, he is already one of the great offensive references of Hansi Flick's team and his impact translates into goals, assists, overflow and, above all, youth records that no other footballer had achieved before.

The Culer youth player will now face the following Champions League commitments with the challenge of continuing to expand his legend and consolidate Fútbol Club Barcelona among the great favorites for the title.

• 👉 Discover more statistics and records of Lamine Yamal in FC Barcelona Noticias.