Lamine Yamal breaks a record held by Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo | OneFootball

Lamine Yamal, young star of Barcelona, surpassed his best goal-scoring record in a season with the first team after scoring in the victory against Athletic Club (0-1) in La Liga, reaching 19 goals. At the same time, he surpassed a record held by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Mataró footballer thus achieved his 50th goal as a professional, 44 with the Catalan team and six with the Spanish national team, before turning 19. A figure that "La Pulga" did not achieve until after turning 20, and the Portuguese star, 21.

The attacker, one of the main offensive references of the Catalan team due to his ability to dribble, assist, and shoot at the goal, thus improves on the 18 goals he scored in the previous season.

Lamine Yamal has achieved his 19 goals in 36 matches played so far, a lower number than the 55 matches he needed last season to reach his previous best mark. In addition to his goal-scoring contribution, the Spaniard also has 14 assists this season.

With these records, the winger stands as Barcelona's top scorer in all competitions. Following him are Ferrán Torres, with 16 goals; Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski, both with 14; Fermín López, with 11; and Marcus Rashford, with 10.

Since his emergence in the elite, Lamine Yamal has also accumulated 29 goals in La Liga before turning 19 on the upcoming July 13, a figure that surpasses the 28 achieved by Raúl González at that age with Real Madrid in the 1995/96 season, and which no player had reached since then in the competition at such a young age.

The young Barcelona footballer has recently delivered outstanding performances, such as the hat trick achieved against Villarreal - the first of his career - or his participation in the match against Atlético de Madrid in the return leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals, where, despite not scoring, he assisted and created numerous dangerous opportunities.

A performance that has drawn praise from his teammates, such as midfielder Pedro González ‘Pedri’, who provided the assist for Lamine Yamal's goal against Athletic Club this Saturday.

«We are already seeing what Lamine does, he puts it in the top corner, impossible for the goalkeeper. He thanked me for the assist. He is very young and will only get better. What he has to do is have fun, not get overconfident, and keep enjoying himself on the field,» commented the Canary Islander.

For his part, coach Hansi Flick also highlighted the role of the Barcelona '10': «He didn't have his best game, but you've already seen how important he is. He trains a lot for those situations, it's good to have him at this level. He decides matches with a single action».

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