19 - Lamine Yamal

[Nello]

I agree he had a bit of an attitude/looked frustrated.

He did seem to try hard however, and created numerical advantages through his dribbling several times. Could've broken through the defense already in the first half, had Lewa not fumbled several one-twos.

Ultimately he was clearly the most involved and best of the front three, and I feel you can see how much he appreciates Olmo's technical qualities. Olmost as if he finally got a buddy to link up with. Still room for improvement tho, good thing he has a few years to do so.

 

[Birdy]

Here is highlights of his performance. Please do rewatch. Is this what you consider a "bad performance" for 17 year old? Damn

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This clip is full of bad decisions: passing when he should not and where he should not, dribbling when he should have passed, taking wrong direction when carrying, etc.

Except for two good crosses in the box for Lewa and Rapha in the 2nd half, this was a 3/10 given his abilities.
And the clip did not capture his body language, which says it all

PS: BTW, stop using the '17 yr' old excuse when suits.
Precisely bcz he is young, his attitude has to get fixed early before it;s too late

I am his biggest fan in here, but I see things objectively. As they are.
And I tell you: his attitude needs FIXING right now

 

[DonAK]

 

[Porque]

Was coming to post that refs need to protect him more, and then saw that foot pic.

Referees should protect him more.

Today's one let Palmas get away with too much on Olmo, Pedri and Lamine.

 

[te amo barca]

Las Palmas players should have had like 3 yellows on Lamine alone before that first yellow for dissent.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

Only one who was trying to play, before OLMO came on.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Bad game

Bad attitude

Bad body language

AGAIN!

Ok, we are super short upfront, but Hansi has to take care of this.
His career won't progress if he keeps this attitude

He was our best player.

 

[El Ilusionista]

Meh first half, very good second half. But thats because with Olmo he had finally someone to combine with. Fermin is too much of a hit/miss each game.

 

[MonteCuler]

I don't know, this was a complicated game so naturally rating players performances after that might be complicated as well. A good chunk of people are arguing he was bad and he was good. Not just for him, other players too. For me he was good although there were flaws in his game especially in 1st half. It also depends on what you give importance to, for example I couldn't care less about his body language.

We will see in the coming games. I'm not a fan of inconsistent players either, he wasn't good the last few games but today imo he was good. If he can go on like this, I don't think people would complain so much.

 

[Gazzznigga]

It's not fatigue, if that's the attitude from min.1'
It is clearly attitude.
Might be he has less motivation against smaller sides, maybe he is too complacent now that he knows he is a certified starter and the face of the club in the future
Who knows

Whatever it is, it has to be cut RIGHT NOW, and not let this attitude linger and grow, because there are tons of examples of super talents that got wasted just because of that

Word!! x 2

 

[FCMessi]

Will miss the 1st leg Del Rey against ATM on Tuesday ?

With a stomped cut on the left foot.

 

[JohnN]

I know he is 17.. I would like him to learn when not to ball hog. its essential and I think he is regressing in this aspect.
Finishing is his second issue and that's all.
also, a backup would be nice.

 

[vegitot]

He is one of the best dribbler right now. So it's hard to tell him not to dribble.

 

[JamDav1982]

An hour in and Barca starting to get nervy.. Lamine beats his man and puts ball on head of Raphinha for a great chance.

Minutes later her gets ball again wrong foots his man and cuts inside with pass to Olmo that eliminates Marmol and allows Olmo to turn and beat his marker 1v1.

He stepped up when team needed him and it was a good game.

Folk moaning about his dribbling when it open up the game for Barca.

 

[serghei]

The form of our forwards has suffered a dip in recent games, which is why it's important that in the end Yamal and Raphinha managed to work hard in the 2nd half and come up with just enough quality on the final pass to help us get this vital win, along with Olmo's and Ferran's big impact on finishing those chances like pros of course. The team realized that over the season you can't score 4-5 every match. Clean sheets are also good lately.

It is a good sign we're picking up points now when the football is not quite at the standard it was some months ago. While we work hard to recover our attacking output.