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Yamal: Messi is a monument to football. I want to engrave my name more

3:59am, 17 May 2025【Football】

In Barcelona's 2-0 victory over Espanyol, the 17-year-old and 306-day Lamacia treasure Yamal used a dominant performance of one pass and one shot to secure the 28th La Liga championship trophy for the Red and Blues. The teenager, known by Camp Nou fans as the "King of the Future" has refreshed the cognitive boundaries of football with his breathtaking talent - while his peers are still struggling for professional contracts, his honor cabinet has already displayed five heavy championship trophys.

This derby battle can be called Yamal's coronation ceremony. In the 42nd minute, he used a ghostly running position to tear open the defense line and sent a fatal straight pass, assisting Lewandon to break the deadlock; in stoppage time, he personally locked in the victory. After the game, World Sports News used "Alien Arrival" to describe its performance, and the Whoscored scoring system gave a rare evaluation of 10 points. This goal made him become the youngest "double champion" in La Liga history at the age of 17 and 306 days - the feat of winning the league championship twice before adulthood, and it is only known in the century-old history of Spanish football.

But the record book is far from turning the page: With the La Liga champion being recorded, Yamal has collected five top honors in the European Cup, La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super League Cup. When the reporter raised the sharp question of "Can you be comparable to Messi" in the mixed interview area, the teenager showed a wisdom that was inconsistent with his age: "Messi is an eternal benchmark, but there is no copy key in Yamal's DNA." He stroked the Catalan flag of the cuffs and continued: "I want to write my own epic on the green field and jump on tango with a unique rhythm. "

The Technical Committee of the Spanish Football Association specifically pointed out in its post-match report that Yamal has completed 87 successful passes this season (the first in the history of La Liga U18 players), and created 43 absolute opportunities (the first in the five major European leagues in the same period). What is even more amazing is his decision-making maturity - the key pass conversion rate is as high as 23%, which even surpassed Messi and Iniesta in the same period. The night sky of Camp Nou is shining brightly by this genius, but Yamal's journey has just begun. When asked about future goals, the boy's eyes flashed with a firmness beyond his age: "Every morning I wake up, I think about how to make myself stronger today than yesterday. The championship is the medal of the team, and I want to put an exclusive mark in the history of football. "This declaration makes people trance to see the 18-year-old Messi who became famous in the Champions League final in 2005, but at this moment, Yamal is opening up his own era.