Barcelona’s teen striker Lamine Yamal said he would not compare himself to Lionel Messi-and then put a performance that a 17-year-old Messsi could only have dreamed of one of the major semi-finals of the Champions League.
It took him to be called “a genius”, “a cheating code” and “a phenomenal talent”.
The boat and the Inter of Milan ended up drawing 3-3 In his epic first leg encounter, visiting Denzel Dumfries completely involved in the three Inter goals, scoring twice and being named man of the match.
But most of the world holders will focus on the 17 -year -old Yamal, who scored his 22nd goal in his Barcelona number.
He put a masterclass, especially in the first half to inspire a superb comeback after Inter Ir was 2-0 until the 21st minute.
Yamal demanded a semi -final goal of the elegant Champions League to go with one in Euro 2024 last summer last summer. Already one of the best players in the world – and before turning 18.
“I don’t think you have seen 45 minutes as an individual before in my life. It’s amazing,” said Tnt Sports Poldit Ally McCoist when the players left the playing field half an hour.
The head of Inter Milan, Simone Inzaghi, gave Yamal the highest of the praise after.
“Lamine is the kind of talent that comes every 50 years and to really see you very impressed,” he said.
“It caused us huge problems because we had to duplicate ourselves in it and it was not enough.”
The chief of the boat, Hansi Flick, said: “It’s special, it’s a genius. In the big parties it appears.
“If you only get every 50 years as Simone said, I’m happy to be for Barcelona.”
BBC Pundit Stephen Warnock called it “a future winner Ballon d’Or”.
One of the games of the season excites everyone with the second stage in San Siro de Milan next week, a change of pace of the hard victory of Paris St-Germain 1-0 at Arsenal the day before.