Both Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi emerged from Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy and shone bright in their teenage years, naturally drawing comparisons. However, the young prodigy is determined to carve out his own identity in football. While Messi remains a major inspiration, Yamal is focused on building his own legacy rather than following in anyone else’s footsteps.
Lamine said in an interview,
“𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑳𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 10 𝒋𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒚. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉.”
Yamal, A Record-Breaking Journey
Since joining Barcelona’s senior team and representing Spain, Yamal has been on a record-breaking streak, clinching the Euro Championship and La Liga titles. Recently, he finished second in the Ballon d’Or voting, signaling that the golden era of his career is just beginning. Despite his rapid rise, Yamal remains committed to developing his own style of play.
Reflecting on his inspiration, he added,
“𝑨𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊’𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊’𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔. 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒓; 𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕.”
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