Lionel Messi, world champion with the Argentine national team and winner of the Ballon d’Or 8 times, gave his opinion on the future of world football and chose the best player of the new generation.
Lionel Messi chose the best footballer of the new generation
il Professional
Lionel Messiworld champion with the argentine national team and winner 8 times of the Ballon d’Orgave his opinion on the future of world football and chose the best player of the new generation.
The Rosario star chose Lamine Yamalyoung crack Barcelona only 17 years old, who was one of the figures of Spain to conquer the Euro Cup from Germany (still at 16), broke records and in recent months won the Kopa Trophy and then the Golden Boy.
“There is a new generation of young footballers who are very good and who have many years ahead of them. If I have to stay with one because of his age, because of what he has done so far at his age and because of the future he can have have, for me it is Lamine”expressed Messi in an interview.
lamine yamal.JPG
Reuters
“Football depends on many things too. It is present and, without a doubt, with a huge future”assured the ‘Pulga’ about the young Spaniard, son of a man from Morocco and a woman from Equatorial Guinea.
Yamal is the youngest player in history to debut and score a goal with his country’s national team (16 years and 57 days), in the Spanish First Division (15 years and 87 days) and in the Euro Cup to debut and assist (16 years and 338 days) and score a goal (16 years and 361 days). He is also the youngest footballer to score in the history of the Real Madrid-Barcelona classic (17 years and 105 days).
Source: Ambito
