There are players who take a lifetime to score a goal for the national team. Others don’t even make it. For Lamine Yamal, that exercise is now part of the past. The Barça teenager, only 16 years old, is burning through stages at an outstanding speed and against Cyprus he scored his second goal with the Spanish team in just three games.
The Barça winger is already the most precocious player on the Spanish team, with whom he has a surprising love affair. He could still decide to play for Morocco or for Equatorial Guinea, where his parents are from (when he plays four games for Spain he will no longer be able to change). But in reality it seems very unlikely that he will make that change, fundamentally because at 16 years old he is already a fixture for De la Fuente and his presence in the Euro Cup, if nothing strange happens, will be a fact.
His second goal in the red shirt came after a fantastic team play. The ball started from the left, Grimaldo crossed from the left, Joselu let the ball pass intelligently and the ball reached Yamal. There, at the far post and with an advantage, a very young winger faked on two occasions to leave two centre-backs and the goalkeeper sitting. Then he shot with power and placement into the back of the net.
At Barça he is an important player. In the selection he is key. The presence of Lamine Yamal is becoming common in Luis de la Fuente’s teams. Although his performances do not leave the coach’s choices in a bad light.
