How Lamine Yamal matched Lionel Messi in Barcelona 3-0 Sevilla | OneFootball

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal on Sunday night joined club legend Lionel Messi in an altogether noteworthy category.

This came owing to his exploits in Barcelona’s La Liga downing of Sevilla.

Hansi Flick’s troops marked their return to action a short time ago, welcoming Sevilla to Catalunya’s capital with sights set on a 9th win from 10 to open the campaign in Spain’s top-flight.

When all was said and done, this is precisely what the Blaugrana manged, courtesy of a dominant 5-1 triumph.

The aforementioned Lamine, meanwhile, featured from the off, from his customary berth on the right flank.

The 17-year-old was not amongst the goalscorers on the night, but did manage to bag an assist, laying on Pedri’s fine strike to double the hosts’ advantage early on.

And, in the process, Lamine secured for himself a place in the recent history books in Catalunya.

As per statisticians Opta:

‘Lamine Yamal is the first Barcelona player to provide six assists after his first 10 games of a La Liga season since Lionel Messi in 2014/15 (seven).’

Conor Laird – GSFN