After playing a full 90 minutes on the pitch. Lamine Yamal was crucial in the 7 2, thrashing of Racing the Santander and despite missing a penalty, he was one the score sheet for Barcelona.
He had 1 goal, 2 assists, 7 shots on target and 86 touches 11 of those coming in the opponent’s box.
On the right-hand side of the wings, he proved dominant by driving in to the box and cutting inside creating chances and even taking shots.
Yamal also had a 1.86 xG which is a relative higher, only Raphina had more after bagging a hattrick in 69 minutes.
The Right wing was his original starting position and he seemed to perform prolific as he was dangerous by driving in and cutting inside.
Instead of remaining out wide, he came in inside into the space between left-backs and central defenders.
This was a very dangerous move and made him to cut inside or combine with other team mates to create a very dangerous attack.
The 11 touches in the opponent’s box means that the central area was also dominated and shows that he was operating purely as a creator from outside.
At the 45th minute, Adeyemi earned a freekick inside the area box leading to a penalty decision.
Yamal was given the responsibility but the racing goal keeper Julen saved it, keeping the score at 4 1 going in to halftime.
At the 50th minute he almost responded back to the penalty, is but his efforts hit the post. In the 89th minute he finally got his goal after Adeyemi’s great run into the box who then set him up for a cool finish to put the ball in the back of the net.
