Barcelona’s 3-2 defeat to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu last night closed the curtains on any small hopes the team had remaining in La Liga.
In a span of just five days, the Catalans have now seen their dreams in both the UEFA Champions League and La Liga crash and a trophy-less season is now certain.
One of the silver linings from the club’s otherwise disastrous season, needless to say, has been the rise of Lamine Yamal.
Once again last night, the youngster shone brightly against Los Blancos and single-handedly led the team’s attack.
Despite Real Madrid taking all three points against Barcelona last night and boasting several top candidates to win the Man of the Match award, La Liga officially declared Barcelona’s Yamal as the winner of the same.
To win the accolade in a losing cause in El Clasico only goes to show the impact the youngster had on the game despite the result not going his way.
In 90 minutes, the teenage phenom recorded three shots on target, a successful dribble, and completed 100% of his attempted long balls.
He gave Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga a nightmare down the right flank and should have even won a penalty for Barcelona had the officiating been better.
Yamal’s biggest moment of the game came in the first half when he skilfully flicked the ball from a tight angle after a corner kick to challenge Andriy Lunin’s goal.
The ball, quite clearly, crossed the line and should have been declared as a Barcelona goal. La Liga’s criminal lack of goal-line technology, however, cost the academy star his moment in El Clasico and handed Barcelona an undeserved blow.
