Having become the youngest player to start a Champions League match (16 years and 83 days), Lamine Yamal was unable to finish the match against FC Porto on Wednesday evening (1-0 victory for Barça). While he left in the middle of the match to go to the toilet, the Catalan nugget… never returned.
Lamine Yamal started the evening by writing his name in the history books. He ended it a little less gloriously. Having become the youngest player to start a Champions League match on Wednesday evening on the FC Porto pitch (16 years and 83 days), the young FC Barcelona striker experienced a funny mishap.
Lamine Yamal left the pitch at the Stade du Dragon in the 73rd minute of play before being replaced in the 80th. In the meantime ? The young Catalan took a little trip… to the toilet. For a little while, the Spaniard’s absence was a mystery. Before Xavi lifts the veil on his misadventure at a press conference.
Xavi: “He had been telling me for a while that he wasn’t feeling well”
“Lamine Yamal was not feeling well. He had been telling me for a while that he felt bad, that he was not well, that he had a stomach ache,” the Catalan coach told the media. . We took a break, but he couldn’t continue, I was told he wasn’t coming out.”
Before breaking an early record this Wednesday evening, Lamine Yamal was extended on Monday by Barça. A pure product of the training center, he is now linked to the Blaugrana club until 2026, with a release clause set at one billion. A decidedly unforgettable week in many ways for the young striker.