MUnir Nasrawi and Sheila Ebana watched their little boy make history as everyone else watched. This will take some getting used to, but it’s here to stay. On Saturday, just before the start of the second half, Hansi Flick reached or tried to reach an agreement with Lamine Yamal. The teenager scored two goals, the second of which was great, but the second of which was outrageous, resulting in a 2-0 win against Villarreal. And the director had an idea. If we score the third goal, I’ll take you off, Flick said. if I If I wanted to score the third goal, I would do it, replied Lamine Yamal. Twenty minutes later, both happened at the same time, which he later said was “perfect,” as the board with his number went up and 44,256 people gathered to applaud him as he progressed.

Back home, his father also watched the game on TV, broadcasting it around the world. Lamine Yamal clapped with Rooney Bulge, delegate Carlos Naval and Flick, but his eyes were on the stands looking for his mother. He sat on the bench for a while, watching Robert Lewandowski score the extra goal to secure a 4-1 victory, and then came out again at the final whistle to retrieve the match ball from Naval and go look for her. “This is yours,” he said, and the camera captured another conversation. “I’m going to go inside and get everyone to sign it, then I’ll give it to you.” Sheila hugged him tightly, kissed the “handsome boy,” and waited for him to return so they could go to dinner.

It was my first time taking home a game ball. Saturday was Lamine Yamal’s 163rd game as a senior, and while it took a little while, it didn’t take long at all. Saturday’s hat-trick was his first at the age of 18 years and 230 days, making him the youngest Barcelona player to score one goal in a league match. In the history of La Liga, only two soccer players have scored under their age, José Iragorri and Pablo Pombo, who did so in 1930 and 1934 respectively. As for Barcelona’s all-competition record, Paulino’s “netbuster” Alcántara’s first three as a 15-year-old dates back to the 1915 Catalunya Championship.

No matter how you look at it, this was quite a thing, Lamine Yamal doing Lamine Yamal things, and the finish was, well, Lamine Yamal, then. that So was the man. Whether it’s from the right side or the left foot, everything can be done smoothly. Even if the first game was good – the body opened up, tilted a little and the ball curved into the far corner. You know, the second time was ridiculous. Cutting back near the byline and moving away from Sergi Cardona, he saw Alberto Moreiro cross. “The important thing is to remain calm. When you are in the area with the ball, you decide what happens,” he said after the game. Many would have called for a penalty. Twisting his ankle, he lifted it over Moreiro’s leg and continued on, curling up and setting off to lean against the corner flag to catch a reaction.

At the Camp Nou, Lamine Yamal’s mother put her hand over her mouth.Oh, me. As Mounir zoomed into his home television, commentators called it a “work of art.” “I’m watching TV, son of a bitch. Look, here’s the father you say isn’t with his son. He’s watching my son here.” he cheeredthe song started on Instagram as the replays rolled around. “I hope the whole world enjoys him 24/7 as much as I do. ‘For better or worse, Lamine Yamal.’ Remember, I invented it. ‘For better or worse, Lamine Yamal.'” Lamine is my son! My son! God bless you, son. Ahhh! Number one! ”

Ramin Yamal wasn’t going to stop there either, he wasn’t going to sit down until they and he had a third agreement, an agreement to keep. At a time when third-placed Villarreal were threatening to have a real game in this game, Pedri played a near-perfect 30 minutes, delivering passes that few could even see, let alone play. Ramin Yamal messed it up and let it run instead of controlling, he claimed, but it turned out it wasn’t a bad thing to do and left it 1-on-1. “And the finish? Well, one of us had to go in,” he said. One? Three people had it. Counting the goal on my fingers, 1, 2, 3, I was ready to go and happily accepted the break.

“The Lamin3 Show” was featured on the cover of El Mundo Deportivo. They have an unfortunate habit of appearing on the cover of a sports magazine, “The Ramin Show,” wearing the same dress. “And he wasn’t eating anything,” added one columnist supporting Villarreal. This was before sunset during Ramadan. “He tends to play great against us, but it’s not just the goals,” Villarreal midfielder Santi Comesaña said. That’s not true. Lamine had nine assists, more than anyone in the league, and created more chances. He makes almost twice as many successful dribbles as any other player in Spain, more successful dribbles than anyone else in Europe, and while Lionel Messi is always talked about, there are hints of his idol Neymar in the air. However, he is currently Barcelona’s top scorer with 13 goals in the league and 18 in all competitions, and his hat-trick was an impressive one. It was also liberating. Or, perhaps more accurately, an expression of one.

“I wasn’t happy,” he admitted.

When Lamine Yamal scored in the opening game against Mallorca in August, he imitated his own coronation, a statement of commitment. The crown was heavy on his head, but he was happy. Are you willing? he I wanted it or so it seemed. Barcelona’s new number 10, he was handed a six-year contract, wore the shirt worn by Ladislao Kubala, Luis Suárez, Diego Maradona, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Messi, and heard the national team coach claim he had “touched the staff of God”, which he did. be baptized by the Messiah They worshiped that altar more than any other. The pressure couldn’t be higher, but he seemed to like it. It was foolish to declare at the age of 17 that he was destined to be the best in the world, and maybe he already is. It’s not just stupid, it’s actually irresponsible. But it’s hard not to, and he brought it on himself.

He said he left fear behind in Mataro’s park as a child, and so did many others. At the age of 16 he reached the European Championship final and scored a goal. that He scored a goal against France before he could legally drink, drive, vote and smoke. You know this by now, and it’s been repeated many times before, but imagine that he had to take a school exam on the eve of the finals. This goal made him the youngest player to score at either the Euros or the World Cup, eight months ahead of Pele. Pele, just in case. He became the youngest goalscorer in history Clasico Historically, he had red and blue braces on his teeth. He led Barcelona to the Champions League semi-final against Inter, but his manager said a player like him only comes along once in 50 years and vowed to come back when he was stopped at the gate. He finished second in the Ballon d’Or and was sure that day would come.

There was a glow in his cheeks and a sparkle in his eyes. “As long as I’m winning, they can’t say anything,” he said. But he didn’t always win, and they said a lot, as if that mattered. It was amazing how a literal kid who seemed to be handling everything so well, his life was exposed. He grew up under the glare of football’s Truman Show. His relationship with Nicki Nicole was public. Such was the case when his father was stabbed. He was a revelation to Spain, going from a kid that everyone wanted to hug and protect to a teenager that half of them didn’t, and the tone changed. When he joked about Madrid in October, it caused an uproar Clasico. However, when asked what advice he would give Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé did not say anything, insisting: “Leave him alone, he is a great player.”

The pressure was unrelenting, not only for him but also for those around him. There is something about the identity of these two players, who were once the youngest players to score a hat-trick for Barcelona. And Giovani dos Santos reminds us of just that. Talent alone is not enough. You never know where you’re going to end up, not just on the pitch but in life. Johan von Lanten, who achieved the Euro record, became a Seventh-day Adventist priest in Colombia. You have to deal with all of this and still achieve results.

And Lamine Yamal admitted it was tough on Saturday. A few weeks ago, he posted a message on social media about his “deep inner self,” writing, “I want to be everything everyone wants me to be.” His level was excellent by anyone else’s standards, but it’s not his standards and the demands are different. He suffered from a sports hernia, which made it difficult for him to start the season and caused a public conflict between the federation and Barcelona over how to treat the injury, which he never recovered from. “It was just that…and so much more,” he said.

“Everything was complicated. I wasn’t happy on the pitch and I think you can tell. I couldn’t feel the smile on the pitch. I couldn’t find it and I wasn’t happy. I didn’t feel good and I wasn’t happy with myself either. But over the past week or so, I’ve been smiling again and enjoying soccer like I did when I was a kid.The problem is, people want me to score 100 goals at 16 years old…I want that too…”He laughs after a pause. History was made once again as 18-year-old Lamine Yamal left with his mother and the game ball after three hits.