Youngest debutant in Barcelona history at 15 years and 290 days. Youngest League Champion in Barcelona history at 15 years and 305 days old. Debutant and youngest scorer in the history of the senior Spanish team in Georgia. And since yesterday, Lamine Yamal, who was born in Esplugues de Llobregat, lived in Granollers and grew up in Rocafonda, a humble neighborhood in Mataró, is also the youngest scorer in the history of Barça... and in the League. It was a record that the winger achieved at the buzzer.
With the international break that will have Barcelona for 15 days without competing, Lamine Yamal, at 16 years and 87 days old, was faced with his last opportunity to overcome a milestone held by Fabrice Olinga, a footballer who eleven years ago, when he defended the Málaga shirt, He scored a goal against Celta at 16 years and 98 days old. At 27 years old, Olinga currently plays for Botoșani, a Romanian Liga I team. Lamine Yamal and Olinga are followed by Iker Muniain, who scored for Athletic at 16 years and 289 days; Ansu Fati, who scored for Barça at 16 years and 304 days old; and Xisco Nadal, who scored with Villarreal at 16 years and 353 days.
But beyond the record, Lamine Yamal wanted above all to help his team. It was in the 47th minute when he took advantage of an assist from João Félix to make it 2-1. He ran to the goal defended by André Ferreira, he took the ball with his left hand. He smiled and celebrated the goal discreetly with his friend Fermín, another young man. He was in a hurry. He wanted to help the team turn around. “I appreciate the record. But I have a bittersweet taste because we couldn't win. “I was thinking about coming back more than about the record,” the attacker clarified. “He helps us a lot, he scored an important goal for him and to try to achieve a comeback that is not a matter of details,” lamented coach Xavi Hernández.
And before the goal by Lamine Yamal, who retired in the 76th minute with discomfort and who today will undergo medical tests in the Barcelona sports city like Koundé, Paco López's team had had time to strongly celebrate the performance of another young man, forward Bryan Zaragoza. At 21 years old, the man from Malaga took 18 seconds to beat Ter Stegen and repeated the goal in the 28th minute after beating Koundé. He already has five goals in the League. He beat Mallorca, Real Sociedad and Almería before the double against Barça.
But what most characterizes the Andalusian is his dribbling skills and his change of pace. The attacker trained in two clubs in Malaga, Atlético Juval and Conejito. However, he did not attract the attention of Málaga and was recruited as a youth by Granada. After his time in the reserve team, in the last preseason he earned the trust of Aitor Karanka, later replaced by Paco López. He finished the season with five goals, three of them in the last three days against Lugo, Mirandés and Leganés. Goals that earned Granada the return to the First Division. This year, when the League has not been completed a third, it has already equaled that figure in the First Division.
