By Wilson Florez
Lionel Messi was one of the protagonists of an Adidas commercial. The Inter Miami footballer shared a project with great legends such as Zinedine Zidane, Alessandro Del Piero and a legend in the making like Lamine Yamal. Messi praised the young star of FC Barcelona.
“What player is the one that when you see him play you say: ‘that’s me when I was young’?“, this was the question that made Lionel Messi think. The captain of the Albiceleste He always showed his qualities with FC Barcelona.
Lionel Messi recognized that currently there are very good young players. But the Inter Miami footballer highlighted Lamine Yamal. Messi stated, without hesitation, that Yamal is the best young player who fits as an answer to the question.
“There is a new generation of footballers that is very good and has many years ahead of them, but if I have to stay with one due to age, For what he has done so far and for the future he may have, it is Lamine. There is no doubt, for me it is the best“said the former FC Barcelona player.
Lamine Yamal is 2007 category. The FC Barcelona forward is only 18 years oldbut he is already an indisputable figure of the Catalan team. Yamal constantly shows flashes of his quality.
At his young age, Lamine Yamal has already played 151 games with the Blaugrana shirt. The Spanish footballer accumulates 49 goals and 52 assists in just over 11,200 minutes played with FC Barcelona. Until now Yamal maintains the pace of a legendary player.
Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo
Although there are new performers in European football, The rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is missed. The Portuguese and the Argentine made a mark on Spanish football for their record-breaking seasons. Messi remembers those moments against CR7 with nostalgia.
“What happened was a beautiful sports rivalry. It is something natural in the world of football. I was in Barcelona and he was in True Madrid, and we competed for everything, both collectively and individually, so people always compared us (…) Now we are in different stages of our lives, but what happened was a beautiful sports rivalry”he recalled.
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