15-year-old La Masia alumnus Lamine Yamal earned his Barcelona debut against Real Betis in LaLiga on Saturday at Camp Nou and it was fantastic.
Lamine Yamal's LaLiga debut against Real Betis on Saturday created history for Barcelona, and Xavi thinks the teenager will go on to accomplish great things.
At Camp Nou, Yamal came on as a late substitute as Barca defeated Betis 4-0 to reclaim the lead in the standings by 11 points.
The La Masia academy graduate joined the Blaugrana as their youngest player in LaLiga history at the age of 15 years and 290 days.
Xavi thinks Yamal has the potential to make an impact after the midfielder nearly set up a late goal for Ousmane Dembele but the winger stumbled in front of goal.
"I've told him to try things," the Barca coach added.He is a gifted footballer and a great young man at the age of 15.He has demonstrated his ability to score and provide assists, and you can see when you watch him train that he has immense potential.
In the rout of Betis, Andreas Christensen, Robert Lewandowski, and Guido Rodriguez all scored goals, while Raphinha assisted on another. Guido Rodriguez also scored an own goal.
The Brazilian winger said, "When I was 15 years old, I played for my neighborhood team," reiterating Xavi's stance towards Yamal.It's amazing. A goal would have been amazing to get.
Raphinha asserted that Barca must put up similar displays to the one they had against Betis, which was a marked improvement over their performance in Wednesday's shocking 2-1 loss to Rayo Vallecano.
The Rayo game was incredibly challenging, he continued. We had to answer with a triumph.We were aware that we needed to change our approach and play better defense after Xavi admonished us. We need to play like this if we want to win the league.
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