Although he is passionate about the Premier League, Lamine Yamal was not particularly interested in the mystique of Wembley. Until they explained it to him. So, the La Roja striker wanted to leave his mark on La Catedral. And it didn't take him long to demonstrate his ambition, the one that has him halfway between the Ballon d'Or and regaining power in Spain after he felt that his prominence in the United States was not what his greed (ego) demands of him. The clock had not marked two minutes and Lamine did not stop biting the English defense. It is not his main characteristic: it is strange to see him run after the ball. However, he wanted to leave his mark on the home of one of his main competitors in the Ballon d'Or campaign, Kane.
At Barça, Lamine was questioned about the interpretation of moments in matches. Precisely because of this lack of experience, according to the same sources, Flick did not yet place him as a false nine. But Lamine's football evolves at a speed that is difficult to pigeonhole. So when you think that he is not going to press, it surprises, in the same way as it does when you think that he has not yet read the weaknesses of his rivals.
Lamine took advantage of the fact that Guéhi was removing the blemishes from his eyes and stole the ball from him at the gate of the area. He stole and confronted Trafford to leave the mark of 304 at Wembley: the numbers he makes with his hands in one of his celebrations in tribute to the postcode of his neighborhood, Rocafonda, in Mataró. "The coach puts a lot of pressure on us to press us. I always say that I want to help the team. Sometimes I get lost, but sometimes I steal and stay one against one and I can score," explained the 19th.
Lamine was active even though he had lost his partners on the right wing. Pedro Porro, his ally in the World Cup, was dropped from the squad due to a muscle injury. At Wembley he was going to be replaced by his Barcelona teammate Eric García, one of the favorites of the 19. He also had no luck. In the warm-up prior to the duel against England, the Barça defender felt discomfort. Pubill replaced him.
But Lamine didn't care who was at his side. He praises Fermín's ability to generate space, in the same way that he relies on Oyarzabal's intelligence. But against England, De la Fuente mixed him with Olmo as a midfielder and with Ferran Torres as a center forward. It was not the night of the PSG attacker; Yes, on the other hand, Olmo connected well with Lamine.
It so happened, however, that Lamine not only had his party in mind. I had the one from Spain. And when it seemed that La Roja was deflating at Wembley, Lamine insisted on the pressure to recover the ball in front of O'Reilly. The action on the 19th caused a new error in the English defense that ended with Baena's tie.
By then his football had risen at Wembley, the record of unbeaten games had also been saved, now stretched to 39. "You always lose in football. We try not to be the ones who lose. It is a very difficult stadium," Lamine explained.
Victory was missing. And like in the Euro 2024 final, Oyarzabal appeared again to sink England, this time to silence London. "Everything happens very quickly, it's instinct, details that fall for or against. The team does not give up, we always insist when things are not going well," said the Real Sociedad forward. And De la Fuente finished: And De la Fuente added: "Today's result and our trajectory highlight this generation. It is very difficult to do what this team does. They are sensational footballers who do not stop growing and growing."
La Roja is off to a good start in a Nations League that hopes to end in Spain. Rafael Louzán revealed that if the team qualifies, he will present the Bernabéu and José Zorrilla as venues to host the Final Four.
