THE GETAFE COACH PRAISED LAMINE
Lamine Yamal: José Bordalás joins the comparisons with Leo Messi
Published New:17/01/2025 - 19:26h
Updated New:18/01/2025 - 21:09h
José Bordalás praised Lamine Yamal ahead of the Getafe-Barça match (Saturday at 21:00). For the 'azulón' coach, the Barça winger is a player who "is a pleasure to watch play"
FC Barcelona visits Getafe this Saturday (21:00 CEST) in the return to competition for the azulgrana team. In the press conference before the match in Madrid, José Bordalás did not hesitate to praise Lamine Yamal, beyond the threat that the player from Mataró poses for the defensive plan that the 'azulón' team will implement against the culés. In the first leg, Barça could only break the 'wall' of the 'Geta' thanks to a solitary goal from Robert Lewandowski at the start of the match.
⭐️ Bordalás, sobre Lamine Yamal: "Es un jugador que nos hace disfrutar a todos"
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👏 "Para llegar a ser Messi tiene que pasar mucho tiempo. Ojalá que su crecimiento sea el correcto" pic.twitter.com/PHsUgOidg1
"He has burst onto the football scene, it is a pleasure to watch him play. I hope he can maintain that joy for a long time, it makes us all enjoy", began saying the coach of the 'azulón' team about the young Barça player. Furthermore, he added: "The fact that he is being compared to Messi says a lot. He is young, I hope he can become a player of the caliber of Leo Messi", pointed out Bordalás, who also congratulated Hansi Flick for his work. "He is giving Barça a unique stamp, a beautiful style that achieves results", he argued.
Lamine Yamal will seek to extend his scoring streak against the blue 'wall'
For Lamine, the match at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez represents the opportunity to extend his scoring streak in 2025. The winger has scored in three consecutive matches (Athletic, Real Madrid, and Betis), his best run of games shaking the nets. Additionally, the '19' wants to score again in La Liga, something he hasn't achieved since the Clásico against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu (October 28, on matchday 12).
The player from Mataró has 5 goals in 16 appearances in the tournament where he leads in assists, with 9. Raphinha is second in this category, with 6 assists. For Barça, the visit to Getafe represents a tough obstacle to start the second half of the season, as the culés have not managed to score in their last four visits to Madrid. The last azulgrana victory at the 'azulón' ground was in the 2019-20 season (0-2), with goals from Luis Suárez and Junior Firpo (in November 2019).
