IN SPORT.ES
Lamine Yamal's last week has been crazy. Exactly seven days after making his debut with the first team and playing the last few minutes of the Barça-Betis game, he has once again experienced a day he will never forget. This time it was Rafa Márquez who gave him the alternative in Barça Atlètic and the player from Mataró came on in the 66th minute against Eldense.
With only 15 years old, the striker continues to make history as a Blaugrana starlet and looks to be a high potential player. With caution, as it is necessary in a case like this, but without holding back his talent. In fact, Xavi Hernández is the one who is managing the player, who he keeps by his side day after day in the training sessions of the first team, but also understanding that a player of his age has to play every weekend. That is why he has been able to do so with the reserve team.
The idea of the first team coach is that Lamine Yamal continues in the dynamic with the big teams, that he does the pre-season and that he becomes one more player. The Juvenil A has become too small for the player and, until further notice, he will continue alongside Xavi until the end of the season. However, whenever necessary, he will reinforce Barça Atlètic. Márquez, in this sense, did not hesitate to bring him on with almost a quarter of an hour to go, with the score at 2-2.