LAMINE LEFT BIG NUMBERS AGAINST THE 'GROGUETS'

Lamine Yamal's great game, overshadowed by the 'little hand' and Xavi's goodbye

Published:28/01/2024 - 13:36h

Updated:28/01/2024 - 14:33h

Lamine Yamal once again shone with FC Barcelona, unfortunately the context has not been the most ideal due to Barça's bitter defeat against Villarreal CF and the subsequent announcement of the departure of Xavi Hernández. These circumstances overshadowed the great performance that the right winger had

The FC Barcelona lived the past Saturday one of his harder days of the season 2023/2024. In spite of attaining trace back a 0-2 and put in an ilusionante 3-2, finished suffering a defeat 'lapidarian' by 3-5, because of the defensive errors committed in the last minutes by part of the Barcelona cast. These impericias of the picture culé cost him three points more and to his time moved him away a bit more than the increasingly utopian fight by the leadership of LaLiga.

Nevertheless, in spite of the heavy day and the 'manita' conclusive, there is a very positive note that takes out a small smile to the Barça, and is the stood out performance of Lamine Yamal. Although it did not annotate any goal, the native of Esplugues of Llobregat went back to be one of the offensive referents of the Barcelonan square, having a flawless commitment in his third consecutive titularity.

The big performance of Lamine Yamal in front of the Villarreal Cf

Always 'spicy' by the right band, Lamine showed a wide range of skills in front of the rival team, turning into an authentic headache for the contrary defensive line. The '27' culé showed once again his increasingly solid capacity to generate disequilibrium and desbordar to the defenders, using his speed and a dribbling almost infalible. In fact, the Hispanic-Moroccan tried to dribble to a rival in eight occasions and attained it successfully in six of them.

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In addition to his skill in the 'gambeta', Lamine also showed very participatory to the hour to receive and advance with the balloon, being key in the research to generate something different. It received the spherical until in 99 occasions and showed a good criterion to enable to his mates, giving two key passes. In spite of his approach in the collective game, did not neglect his accionar individual, since it made three shots to door, in addition to other three that did not see direction to the arch and one more than was repelled by the resistance 'groguet'.

Equally, it is important to stand out the increasing defensive commitment that Yamal is showing in his game, supporting in the defensive coverages by the band and being key in the pressure and recovery of the balloon. It finished the meeting in front of the 'Yellow Submarine' with seven recoveries of balloon, two entrances and two intercepciones, which enhances even more his big performance, in spite of remaining opacada by the bitter context of the defeat.