As Barcelona prepares to close his season 2024-25 La Liga Against the Athletic Club on Sunday, the focus is not on cutlery or tactics. Instead, A 17-year-old grandchild is prepared to write about a piece of the club’s modern history. Barcelona fans, football romantics and both statistics will look carefully –Because Lamine Yamal chases a milestone once set by his idol, Neymar.
In the middle of conversation about a lucrative new deal that can make him Barcelona’s third highest servantYamal has shown no signs of distraction. Despite the growing pressure and attention, the teen has remained grounded and delivered match after match with fear and style.
According to SportsThe “Yamal will not be blown with the noise around him that surrounds a potentially new contract. The teenage prospects will look to focus on his own game and close the season on a high tone.”
And what season it has been. With 18 goals and 25 assists in all competitionsYamal has firmly established himself as the Breakout star of the Catalans. But as dazzling as these numbers are that His dribling—Fluid, unpredictable and magical – which has made him really unforgettable.
A dribble away from greatness
What exactly is the record he is chasing? Only now does the full weight of the occasion appear: Yamal has matched Neymar’s record 2016-17 out of 239 successful dribbles in a single season for Barcelona. One more, just one, would see him surpass the Brazilian legend.
“When things stand, Yamal has finished 239 successful dribbles in Barcelona this season, which corresponds to the Neymar speech in the 2016/17 campaign,” reports Sports newspaper. “A more successful dribble against Athletic Club can therefore be enough to see him breaking Neymar’s record.”
His degree of success has also been impressive. Out of 448 attempted dribblesYamal has succeeded 53.3% of the timeShows both his boldness and efficiency on the ball. To put this in context, only Lionel Messi has achieved more during a single seasonwith a astonishing 307 dribbles 2014-15Followed by 260 2019-20 and 253 2017-18.
While The Spanish kid still has a way to go to catch MessiPassing the 33-year-old veteran is an incredible achievement in SIG Secret for a player who is still in their teens.
