He took a massive L before the Portugal match too talking like they already won the trophy.
I have said a few months ago that he was one of the main reasons for our CL defeat.
Yes, his displays got us to the semis but then he ruined it.
1. before the Inter's match, he said (after Cdr win): we are Barca. Nobody can beat us. Even if we are losing 0:3, we will come back.
A few days later, he plays average in two matches.
In the 2nd leg he plays hero-ball football for 120 minutes as if it was his solo-match.
And let's never forget that counter in the last minutes when he has hit the post even though he had better options on the left.
The kid celebrates too early in almost every big match.
He probably loses too much mental strength and motivation on arguing on social media and by the time the match comes, his motivation is gone.
It feels as if he is more interested about arguing, stirring shit, what people think about him than about actual football matches and trophies.
He reminds me of Arthur in that sense.
Arthur came here and had 2-3 periods for 2-3-4 months when he played very good.
But the problem is that Arthur played well only when he was angry.
Examples:
1) when he came, Rakitic was a starter. Arthur got mad, played with 120%, earned his spot. But once when he became a starter, he lost motivation and started to play bad.
2) then he was benched for a few weeks, got mad again, played at 120% and earned his spot again. But once when he has earned his spot, he lost motivation again.
3) then he got injured and benched and got mad again.
But the problem is that in each new episode, his good periods lasted shorter and shorter until he was sold.
To some extent, I see some similarities in Yamal.
He doesn't seem to have "natural motivation" like Cr7, Modric etc.
He seem to have a motivation that comes only from moments when:
1) he is unknown
2) when he is fighting with someone
3) when we play against Real Madrid
4) when he wants to win Ballon D Or
In short: he has issues with healthy motivation and consistency.
From what he has shown till now, he will be some sort of Jekyll and Hyde type of a player:
1) in one month he will be angry and motivated
2) in the next month, he will be a non-factor on matches
Since he is our main player, with that type of a behavior, you can never rely on him in big CL knockout matches.
Some fans compared him with Messi.
But personality wise, Messi was humble and never bragged about his goals aged 17, 18, 19.
For a comparison, Yamal is aged 18 and 3 months and to some extent, it seems that he is already tired and burned out from fame and football.
Messi was aged 18 and 3 months under Rijkaard in 2005/06 season and he wasn't even a clear starter yet.
In that season, Messi and Guily were rotated as a Rw.
During that season Messi won his place but got injured in spring and missed CL quarters, semis and a final.
So, until the age of 19, Messi had only 2-3 CL knockout matches under his belt (iirc).
On a Wc 2006, he has barely played.
So, by the age of 19, Messi had a little CL or WC impact.
And even on a club level, he was still earning his spot and was far behind Ronaldinho and Etoo as club's superstars.
On the other hand, Yamal has already won too much and he is not "right" in his head anymore.
I mean, there are 100s of examples of Disney teen superstars who, in 90%, of cases ended as drug addicts or dead by the age of 30 due to becoming too famous too early and it messed with their mental health.
On top of that, we have Yamal who already seems to be losing his mind yet his surroundings are extremely bad and unhealthy (his family).
And social media and fans are worse than ever. Everyone is just waiting for fights, scandals, records.
The current era of social media is way more exhausting on mental health than era in 2005 or 2015.
Yet, Yamal is mentally weaker than superstars from 2005' or 2015'.
All in all, there is like 1% chance that Yamal will be anything even remotely close to Messi long term.
Imo, he will be closer to Neymar/Robinho/Adriano and he'll be (mentally) done by the age (23)-24-25.
