The Spanish forward is called “genius” after becoming the youngest scorer in the Champions League semi-finals.
After witnessing from the touchline and witnessing how Lamin Yamal pushed the Inter Milan lineup to the limits, Simone Inzagi said that Barcelona teenage talent only comes once in a half century.
“He’s the kind of talent he was born every 50 years, and I’ve never seen him live and I was really impressed today,” Yamal said Barcelona helped the Barcelona meet after a 3-3 draw on Wednesday in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
“Raminyamal caused a lot of problems in the final 25 minutes of the first half.”
Playing his 100th game, only 17 years old, 291 days, Yamal scored in the Champions League semi-finals and won a record for 18-year-old Kylian Mbappe, who achieved the feat in 2017.
Barcelona coach Hansifrique described the 17-year-old as “genius” after Yamal held his latest talent show in his 100th game for the club’s senior team.
“He’s special. I’ve said it before, but he’s a genius,” Flick said.
“In a big match, he showed up and I think he enjoyed the situation. This talent is delighted for Barcelona if, as Simone said, come every 50 years.”
“I really can’t believe it.”
Yamal rejected the comparison with Lionel Messi at his first press conference for his club a day before Inter came to town. However, his performance reminded me of Messi’s best days as his teammates passed him and forced him to choose Inter from his right flank.
Every time he had the ball, he would either be looking for a teammate in a scoring position or dipping his head and dribbling past the marker. And his goal was one of the YouTube compilations.
Inter had a 2-0 lead and had momentum from goals from Marcus Thurlam and Denzel Dumfries, and it seemed like they had left Yamal anywhere on the 24th. However, he slid around one defender, speeding past a second, then placed the ball on his left foot and curled the shot past the turning heads of at least two interplayers. The ball hit the far post and was hugged by the net.
He slipped past the two defenders at the moment, slicing the shot from the angled sliver from the crossbar, and then he was very close at that moment.
“This guy is incredible,” Manchester City striker Ehring Haaland posted on Snapchat in a screenshot of Yamal’s shot.
The former Manchester United footballer rated commentator Rio Ferdinand Yamal over all other players in the top five soccer leagues around the world.
“I really can’t believe it,” Ferdinand wrote in X’s post.
As a pure soccer talent, I think Ramin Yamal is on another level for players playing the game in the top five leagues of world football.
17yrs old – really unbelievable pic.twitter.com/t0ertfjpqw– Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) April 30, 2025
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Yamal Fed passed to Ferran Torres and Dani Ormo for the consecutive shots that inter-goal keeper Jan Somer saved before Rafinha took over and saved Torres and dropped the ball to attack 2-2 before halftime.
Dumfries put Inter ahead again before Rafinha secured a draw on a long-distance strike where he found the net. However, Yamal was disappointed that there was a lack of final push from the winner.
“The whole world can see him as a great footballer. He’s a sparkling player,” midfielder Henik Mukhitaryan said.
“We tried to stop him, but that was very difficult because he has great talent. I hope we don’t let him play this next week.”
Yamal thanked him for his praise, but said he wanted to win two of his next match and concentrate in the European Cup.
“I’m happy that you helped my team. I need to go more and more now,” he said.
“We knew we could win the game, but now we’re focused and going through the second leg.”
