Great! 16-year-old Lamine Yamal saved Barcelona with this wonderful goal and confirmed the potential. Who did this at his age?

After their recent draw with Bilbao, Barcelona football made amends by beating Mallorca on Friday night. The hero of the match was once again the 16-year-old gem Lamine Yamal, who scored a wonderful goal.

His talent was talked about before he even joined the A-team. However, when Lamine Yamal got just a moment of space among the adults, it was clear that he was a special player. He showed great qualities right from the start.

It was not for nothing that Xavi Hernández eventually started to field him regularly in competitive matches. At only 16 years old, the Blaugranas’ jewel has been performing superbly. He is already proving to be a difference maker for Barcelona.

The fans wish that their beloved club would not overload him. That makes sense. We’ve seen more than once how great talents have paid the price for heavy workloads and then been plagued by long-term health problems that have devastated or at least slowed down their careers.

Barcelona’s Pedri, for example, could tell us about it now, the same thing happened to Ballon d’Or winner Michael Owen in the past, and the examples could go on for a long time.

But to leave out a player who is helping the club to get better results? Not an easy decision. Moreover, Lamine Yamal is always asking for a place. Most recently on Friday night against Mallorca.

Lamine Yamal shone again and scored a beautiful goal

The 16-year-old proved his importance to the team on Friday night. Barcelona played Mallorca and wanted to atone for the recent draw with Bilbao. Lamine Yamal was also in the starting line-up.

For a long time it looked like Mallorca could turn Barcelona around for points. In the 24th minute, Ilkay Gündogan missed a penalty and it seemed that a goal was not in the Catalans’ favour. However, in the 73rd minute, it was the Blaugranas gem who took the responsibility on his shoulders and scored a superb goal.

Barcelona won 1:0 thanks to it. Lamine Yamal now has 6 competitive goals and 7 assists in 37 games this season. Many players who have been playing at the highest level for many years would not be ashamed of such numbers.

It is more than obvious that this is a special player, after all he will only celebrate his 17th birthday in the summer. If he doesn’t get a big workload at such a young age, he will undoubtedly have a spectacular future. After all, even the fans are amazed by his performance and have an interesting question. Who did such things at 16?

Source: Twitter, La Liga, Transfermarkt