A star is born: this has been the season of Lamine Yamal's confirmation at Barça

It has concluded the season 2023/24 for the FC Barcelona. It was a marked campaign by the unlucky fact of not being able to win any title and by the cessation of Xavi Hernández like trainer. However, no all has been so bad as it paints , since the club has had the opportunity to witness the flowering of a young talent and ilusionante, in addition to being a player formed in the quarry. We are speaking of Lamine Yamal.

The native of Rocafonda already had debuted in the season 2022/23, turning into the debutante younger in the history of LaLiga. It contested seven minutes in the commitment against the Real Betis (day 32), in which ingresó like replacement of Pablo Gavi. Of some way, this meeting was a signal of the egarense to leave in clear that was attentive to his movements and that would have he for the season 2023/24. This assertion confirmed during the pre-season, when it was summoned for turns it of friendly that the club culé contested in United States.

The 'masterclass' of Lamine in front of the Tottenham in the Gamper

In the 'tour' by North America, did not have a lot of opportunities to show , since only it played some minutes against the Arsenal and the AC Milan, and remained in the bench against the Real Madrid. Nevertheless, once that the team returned to the City Condal to contest the last meeting of the pre-season, the Trophy Joan Gamper, Lamine had his big day like player culé. It was the leader in the traced back of the FC Barcelona against the Tottenham, where in less than 15 minutes showed his desparpajo and an electrical football and indomable, influencing in the marker when assisting to Ferran Torres in the 2-2 and participate in the played that carried to the 3-2 of Ansu Fati and to the 4-2 of Abde. It was a total madness.

This went only a small abrebocas of what Hispanic-Moroccan was able to do, and expected that it showed destellos of his talent during the campaign. However, it seemed little likely that a so young player of hardly 16 years could be headline in the picture culé, especially having to Raphinha in the staff, the one who probably would turn into the right extreme title after the course of Ousmane Dembélé to Paris Saint-Germain. Nevertheless, Xavi, surprisingly, had ideas very different to this.

Xavi did not doubt in giving him opportunities from the start of the season

In this sense, Lamine certainly had something of fortune, since in the first official party of the season 2023/24, Raphinha was expelled in front of the Getafe Cf. Because of the aggressiveness of his action, received an additional suspension of two commitments. In front of this, Hernández did not doubt in including to the '27' in the eleven headline in these clashes, and east took advantage of the opportunity to show be a big alternative in the offensive appearance. In spite of his age, showed as if it was a veteran with a lot of experience in first division and with a pile of meetings to slopes.

In fact, in his second 'bump' as title with the elastic Barcelona, against the Villarreal CF, Lamine Yamal showed destellos of all what is able to do. It was appointed the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the meeting, after being key in the traced back of the FC Barcelona with two assistances. Also it was near to mark his first annotation with the picture culé, but the balloon crashed in the stick.

The Granada CF was his first 'victim' to level goleador

However, it carried him a few days more achieve his first goal like player of the combined Barcelonan. It did not go until the duel against the Granada CF in the day 9 of LaLiga EA Sports that the one of Rocafonda attained to mark his first and historical goal with the T-shirt of the club of the City Condal. With so alone 16 years and 87 days, turned into the youngest footballer in marking a goal so much for the FC Barcelona as in LaLiga. Lamine Annotated easily thanks to a pass of Joãor Félix and taking advantage of the leeway that had in this played.

From this point, had a small drought of commitments (10) in which his contribution did not see directly reflected in the marker. Nevertheless, it left a very good flavour of mouth with his game despreocupado and brave, being a player encarador and regateador, with a speed and capacity of taking of worthy decisions of a player of first level. It would not be until the commitment of turn in front of the Royal Amberes in the UEFA Champions League that Lamine went to be able to do feel his presence in the party from the statistical point of view, assisting to Ferran Torres for the 1-1. From here, until the term of the 2023, did not have any another direct contribution to the result in official meetings for the Barcelonan, but closed the year converting a target in the friendly in front of the Club America of Mexico.

The '27' culé began the 2024 to an intractable level

The 2024 went to begin to all train for Lamine Yamal, since in hardly his second commitment, valid by the Supercopa of Spain 2024 against the CA Osasuna, attained to mark the 2-0 of this day, being assisted again by Joãor Félix. In this point, the canterano broke a new record when turning into the youngest player in marking in a Supercopa (16 years, 5 months and 29 days), record that also went to break in the Glass of Rey (16 years 6 months 11 days), where turned into the goleador younger of this contest. This mark broke it in the duel of chambers in front of the Athletic Club executing a desborde by the right band, encarando to the centre and desenfundando a finish with left leg imparable for the cancerbero of the combined Basque.

⚽️ GOOOOOOL OF THE LAMINE YAMAL!! ZURDAZO TO ADVANCE To THE BARÇA!!

It ran his band, centred and crossed it. Big so much of the international youngster.

🆚 @AthleticClub | 1-2 | @FCBarcelona_is | 32'

📺 @The1_tve

ℹ️ Minute-by-minute: https://t.co/caqw8fcr6y#LaCopaMola🏆 | #CopaDelRey pic.twitter.com/6jh7lpmmko

— RFEF (@rfef) January 24, 2024

That did not do more than confirming the feelings around Lamine Yamal, the one who four days after that unlucky disaster in the Glass of Rey went to have his best commitment from the statistical point of view and, why not to say it, from the feelings in his season with the FC Barcelona. In the clash against the Granada CF (day 24), Lamine marked no only a goal, but two. It annotated the 1-0 and the 3-3, standing out especially this last like a sample of rebeldía and talent desbordantes. Lamine Stole the balloon and without mediating words took out an unexpected zurdazo to surpass to the guardameta of the picture 'nazarí', showing the precision of his hit with the left leg, as also it showed it in the 'bump' against the RCD Mallorca (day 28), where again defined the party in favour of the culés with a zurdazo esquinado

💎 The golazo of Lamine Yamal v Mallorca.
🤤 An authentic wonder. #LaLigaHighlights pic.twitter.com/pagy3pniv1

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_is) March 24, 2024

From this authentic golazo against the 'bermellones', Lamine Yamal followed standing out against the Girona (day 34), PSG (turn of chambers of Champions) and Ray Vallecano (day 37) with an assistance, and against the Real Sociedad (day 35) with a target. These attainments topped some truly flawless registers, adding a total of seven annotations (fifth maximum goleador of the team) and 10 assistances (third maximum assistant of the team). It contested a total of 50 meetings (second player with more parties) and accumulated a total of 2955 minutes of game (seventh with more minutes instrument). These attainments consolidated his debut in the first division like a truly flawless season and, the most important, established it like one of the big names to take into account in the sportive project culé and like a future star.

🪄 The pass of @lewy_official.
🎩 The assistance of @IlkayGuendogan.
🤩 The definition of Lamine Yamal. #LALIGAHighlights | @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/tvqnupvg4s

— LALIGA (@LaLiga) May 16, 2024