Since his emergence with Barça, Lamine Yamal has always found favor in the eyes of Francesco Totti, but this time the Italian didn’t get sentimental.
Totti was impeccably frank about young Lamine Yamal. “He’s very strong, he came out on top at the Euro and seemed to be soaring, then he dropped off a bit.
He’s very good, but he’s still scoring too few goals,” he declared in an interview with Viva El Futbol. That said, the AS Roma serial goalscorer acknowledges the Barcelona nugget’s qualities, but has his reservations.
Indeed, Lamine Yamal is having trouble finding the back of the net. Despite his dribbling skills and insouciance under pressure, the 17-year-old has always been guilty of poor finishing.
Lamine Yamal’s statistics with Barça confirm Francesco Totti’s remark all too well. The Catalan jewel has scored just 5 goals in 23 La Liga games this season.
Even in the Champions League, he has only scored 2 goals in 7 games. And if Francesco Totti is to be believed, Lamine Yamal needs to start scoring goals to become a star.
Lamine Yamal to respond to Totti
Lamine Yamal’s silence in front of goal is not fatal for coach Hansi Flick. Barça’s German coach recently came to the youngster’s defense after the 4-0 win over Real Sociedad in La Liga.
“One day, Lamine Yamal will start scoring again. He tries a lot, he shoots, he creates chances.
It also depends on the opponent. Real Sociedad are a good team. Lamine Yamal wants to score, but making decisive passes is also important, and he’s excellent at it,” he said.
Coach Flick’s remark came at just the right time, as Lamine Yamal has 11 assists to his name in La Liga. The player is therefore helping his team in his own way.
Barça travel to the Estadio Do Lisboa for the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie. Lamine Yamal will have the opportunity to improve his statistics and silence Francesco Totti.
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