UNPRECEDENTED: Lamine Yamal, double LaLiga champion before the age of 18

FC Barcelona has once again tasted the honey of what it means to be LaLiga champions. This time, 36 matchdays later, the Azulgrana team has officially obtained its twenty-eighth league title. And it has done so in style, bringing forward a very tough and hard-fought commitment against one of its most bitter sporting rivals, who, despite trying to stop the course of events so that the Azulgrana team would not shout champion at their home, ended up taking a defeat.

Lamine Yamal and the goal that ignited the spark of the champion Barça

This culé victory has once again exalted the quality and the 'gene' of star of a specific name: Lamine Yamal. Although the collective effort was decisive to bring forward the result, it is clear that the '19' was the one who ended up breaking the game and tipping the balance in favor of the Barcelonians. And how not? If when the duel seemed more uphill, the Hispanic-Moroccan genius did his thing.

Exactly, in the 52nd minute, Lamine Yamal took the ball on the right side and, showing what can already be considered his trademark, faced towards the center. On the edge of the area, and in the presence of three rivals, he took a left-footed shot of those that remind us of Leo Messi or Arjen Robben.

A 17-YEAR-OLD GENIUS CALLED LAMINE YAMAL ✨.#LALIGAEASPORTS #LaCasaDelFútbol pic.twitter.com/ngZKFucP1q

— Fútbol en Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarFutbol) May 15, 2025

The sphere was embedded in the left angle of the goal defended by Joan García, one of the best goalkeepers in the tournament, who, despite flying, could not repel that authentic work of art. A score that gave tranquility to the culé fans and that sealed an individual performance of authentic 'crack'.

A title with a record flavor for Lamine Yamal

Beyond the collective title, this consecration of FC Barcelona as champion of LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25 has a special flavor for Lamine Yamal for a specific reason: the record he has managed to establish. The Rocafonda native has become the first and only footballer to be crowned champion of LaLiga EA Sports on two occasions before reaching the age of majority.

• Champion in 2023 with 15 years and 305 days.
• Champion in 2025 with 17 years and 306 days.

In the 2022/23 season, Lamine did not have a leading role in achieving that award, adding just seven minutes of action after debuting with the first team against Real Betis (4-0) on April 29, 2023, on matchday 32. It should be remembered that in LaLiga there is no minimum number of matches required for a player to be recognized as champion: it is enough to have played at least one minute during the season of the title.

The '19' was an absolute protagonist in the 2024/25

In this 2024/25 season, however, he has been a protagonist, adding eight goals and 15 assists in 33 matches in LaLiga, for a total of 17 goals and 25 passes to goal in 53 matches at a general level. Numbers that, combined with the sensations of superiority that he transmits on the field, consolidate him as a different player. His ability to dribble, unbalance and 'mischief' now merge with a scoring and assisting soul.

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All this positions him as one of the best in the world today. And why not? As a candidate for the 2025 Ballon d'Or, an award that seems to be closer and closer to him and his scarce 17 years. Definitely, an unprecedented event.