1+9 - Lamine Yamal

[Windhook]

It's not about being flashy or scoring more. It's how much a player influences a game. That's the sign of greatness.

I have Oliver Kahn on my mind, he carried Germany throughout to the final in 2002 WC.

Mindblowing is Lamine at 17 how a game changer he is.

 

[te amo barca]

No.
Something is weird with both his first touch and when he dribbles.
During his first touch, the ball often bounces 1 meter away from him.
And during his dribbles, he often kicks the ball too far away from his feet and making it easy for defenders to take the ball without any effort.

I know, he is young, he might improve blah blah.
But in the sea of overly emotional overhyped posts, let's add some balance and question marks.

His debut:

0:42 he runs into a crowded area with 3 defenders and the ball is miles away from his feet. Monkey easy turnover
0:58 first touch and the ball is again too far from him, making it easy for a defender to take it
1:04 even here, kinda dangerous first touch which might end in a lost possession in some other matches. He kicked the ball slightly too hard and then when he tried a shot, he was already to close to a goalkeeper and the angle to score was smaller (but this one was not as bad and as obvious as the first two cases from the above)

He touched the ball 5-6 times in this match and on 2-3 occasions his first touch and kicking the ball too far from his feet got him into troubles.
When I watched his highlights a few days ago, my first thought after 2 minutes of a video was the same: the ball is constantly bouncing like 1 meter away from him and that kind of a ball control won't work against senior first division defenders.

For example:
0:35 look how far away from his feet he kicked the ball in the box during this dribble
0:40 the video is cut, but he lost the ball afterwards due to kicking it too far from his straight into defender's legs
1:38 kicked the ball too far several times during this action. This works against kids, but won't work against senior defenders
2:52 look how he is not shielding the ball well with his body. He is literally offering it for defenders to take it. Again, since the opponents are kids, he survived in this action

Those two chipped passes were nice, though.

This guy

 

[HeadElastico]

Really shouldn't be talk of him being anywhere near Messi. He can improve at the same rate for 5 years and will still never touch Messi 19 on. It's just not going to happen. Not now and not likely ever by anyone. People are already forgetting how good Messi was if they think Lamine can come close.

 

[xXKonan]

 

[MonteCuler]

Not now and not likely ever by anyone. People are already forgetting how good Messi was if they think Lamine can come close.

Same was said for Pele, Maradona etc... "nobody will ever come close"

I know how good Messi was and playing football really doesn't get much better than that but believe me, he is a human being. Not a God, not a robot. And world is full of human beings, there is 8 bilion now, will be double that probably not far into the future. Some of them are/will be unbelievably gifted for football and the sport is only growing in popularity, reach, organization...

I'm not claiming Lamine in particural will reach Messi levels, but just want to say that this idea that nobody will ever be born who's close to Messi in football is likely not true or realistic. Maybe not anytime soon but if the football really goes on for many more decades then somebody will come who's equal or better than him at this.

 

[Masetro10]

Really shouldn't be talk of him being anywhere near Messi. He can improve at the same rate for 5 years and will still never touch Messi 19 on. It's just not going to happen. Not now and not likely ever by anyone. People are already forgetting how good Messi was if they think Lamine can come close.

Messi wasnt even Messi at 17. You really have no idea how a player will or will not improve. Maybe instead of comparing just watch and see. Messi isn't even a Barca player anymore while Yamal is. I think its time for you to join Team Yamal now

 

[mc_lovin]

I rate his games vs Inter as all timers... up there with the best of all time. He was a force of nature. If he can conserve that over a season and double his output he's suddenly very close to Messi. Then he just needs to win like 4-5 CLs and a WC

Not likely, but not impossible either. Either way I will enjoy the ride.

 

[Birdy]

Tell me you’re a cuckold who’ll seethe about Barca legends of any capacity (Messi, Laporta etc.) while dancing to justify a 250 M package by Pool for an unproven (in CL) player like Wirtz as the ideal of business operations.

You’re shameless.

LMAOL
Certified Clownery

 

[KingLeo10]

I rate his games vs Inter as all timers... up there with the best of all time. He was a force of nature. If he can conserve that over a season and double his output he's suddenly very close to Messi. Then he just needs to win like 4-5 CLs and a WC

Not likely, but not impossible either. Either way I will enjoy the ride.

Messi amassed around 800 G+A between Barca and Argentina in 10 years from 2010 to 2019.

That’s 80 G+A per year, every single year for 10 straight. Just ludicrous output.

On top of the big team and individual trophies.

 

[ElMagodel304]

Dembele is a clown, this retard couldn't even juggle a ball on his first day here, I hope Bastoni break his legs Saturday and PSG lose badly.

Giving the ballon d or to such a shit player would be an insult to football , there is no way people will vote for him. He has 0 charisma, Didn't do much in the CL..if PSG is here it's because Donnarumma was on fire, hopefully he will fail in the final.

 

[Messigician]

Dembele is a clown, this retard couldn't even juggle a ball on his first day here, I hope Bastoni break his legs Saturday and PSG lose badly.

Giving the ballon d or to such a shit player would be an insult to football , there is no way people will vote for him. He has 0 charisma, Didn't do much in the CL..if PSG is here it's because Donnarumma was on fire, hopefully he will fail in the final.

Dembele will win champions league and the Ballon Dor you can cry about it all you want or accept reality

 

[ElMagodel304]

Dembele will win champions league and the Ballon Dor you can cry about it all you want or accept reality

He might win the CL, the ballon d'or no way. And tge PSG Might choke in the final, they already did once.

 

[ElMagodel304]

The bookies are often wrong btw.

 

[Messigician]

The bookies are often wrong btw.

And how often are they right

 

[ElMagodel304]

Spain winning the last Euro, Italy the Euro2021, Argentina winning the Wc and they were all giving France and Engiand as favs, for example . They usually fail badly to predict the Eurovision winner aswell, and the new elected pope was at 100/1 for them.

Im.not worried about Lamine Yamal golden ball. Because noone rate Dembele worldwide, he will get 95% of the Europeans and latinos votes. The kid is a superstar everyone talks about him..who speaks about the headless chicken?