Lamine Yamal equals Lionel Messi benchmark in Barcelona’s win over Levante | OneFootball

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal secured for himself a piece of modern Spanish football history in the club’s most recent outing. This came courtesy of a brace in the Blaugrana’s La Liga meeting with Levante.

Hansi Flick’s troops were back in action on Sunday evening, making the trip to Valencia with sights on a 6th successive victory to open the new campaign.

And en route to precisely that, the aforementioned Lamine played a starring role…

Utilised from the off from his customary berth on the right flank, the 19-year-old kept alive nothing short of a scintillating recent stretch of individual form in front of goal.

In a 4-2 triumph for Barca, Lamine was responsible for two of his side’s goals.

And as alluded to above, owing to as much, the Spanish international clinched a fresh piece of history in Blaugrana colours. As per a report from statisticians Opta:

‘Lamine Yamal is the second player to score three braces in his team’s first five matches of a LaLiga season in the entire 21st century.

‘The previous one to do so in this century was Lionel Messi in the 2012/13 season (three braces), also with FC Barcelona.’

Conor Laird – GSFN