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Lamine Yamal‘s fast rise in elite soccer has taken many unexpectedly, not solely due to his expertise but in addition because of his capability to safe a beginning position for each FC Barcelona and the Spain nationwide crew at such a younger age. Nonetheless, with loads of areas nonetheless to refine, a World Cup-winning legend has identified what he sees as Yamal’s greatest weak point.
At simply 17 years outdated, Yamal’s fashion is extra that of a artistic winger than a scientific finisher, repeatedly organising possibilities for teammates Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha. Nonetheless, Italian legend Francesco Totti believes that the Barcelona star nonetheless lacks the goal-scoring effectivity wanted to succeed in the following stage.
“He nonetheless scores few targets. He’s very robust, he flew on the Euros… It seemed like he was flying, then he dropped a bit. He’s doing very properly, however he nonetheless doesn’t rating many targets,” Totti stated on the YouTube podcast ¡Viva El Fútbol!
Totti praised Yamal’s performances at EURO 2024, the place the younger winger was instrumental in Spain’s title-winning marketing campaign, scoring a surprising purpose in opposition to France within the semifinals. Nonetheless, since that second, Yamal has netted 11 targets in 35 matches—a decent tally, however nonetheless removed from the numbers produced by elite finishers.
Totti, a 2006 World Cup winner with Italy, was one of the prolific goal-scorers of his era. He received the Golden Boot within the 2006-07 season with 26 targets and recorded an unimaginable 307 targets and 205 assists in 785 matches for AS Roma.
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Yamal’s purpose drought in La Liga
Regardless of establishing himself as among the finest younger gamers on the planet this season—scoring his first Champions League targets in opposition to Monaco and Atalanta and discovering the web within the Spanish Tremendous Cup in opposition to Actual Madrid—Yamal has struggled to keep up that type in La Liga in 2025.
Barcelona have performed seven league matches within the new yr, profitable six and drawing one, scoring 20 targets in whole. Nonetheless, none of these targets have come from Yamal, who has solely registered two assists in that stretch. Whereas he has discovered the web within the Spanish Tremendous Cup and Copa del Rey, his La Liga drought is turning into more and more noticeable.
