It was seen in the second half of the Sevilla-Barça match. Lamine Yamal made two feints in the area, reached the goal line, shot, and the ball grazed the crossbar.
Robert Lewandowski, who isn't exactly Lamine Yamal's best friend in the blaugrana squad, reprimanded him.
He was alone in front of the goalkeeper, he only had to lift his head to see him and send him the ball. But he preferred to finish the play himself, and Lewandowski reprimanded him on the field.
It's Not the First Time Lewandowski Scolds Lamine Yamal
It's not the first time Lamine Yamal receives a public scolding from Lewandowski. He is a teammate with whom he maintains a professional relationship, but in no case a friendship.
The issue is that it's not just Lewandowski; a good part of the blaugrana squad sees Lamine Yamal as obsessed. He tries to improve his goal-scoring statistics, but luck isn't on his side.
Lamine Yamal hasn't scored a single goal in LaLiga for 106 days. The issue isn't serious because his contribution to the team's play is exceptional. Also last night.
Lamine, in this League, has 5 goals and 10 assists in 20 matches. That is, 1 assist every two matches and a goal every four.
The problem is that Raphinha has 13 goals and 6 assists in 23 matches. Lewandowski has 19 goals and 2 assists in 22 matches.
Two Players on Top of Lamine Yamal
That is, in terms of goal-scoring efficiency, he is the weakest link in the attacking trident of Hansi Flick. However, he contributes many other things that aren't reflected in the statistics.
Last night, in Seville, he always had two players on top of him anticipating that he would bypass the first one. And that provides freedom of movement for others. Then there are his technical details, always looking for the goal.
But he has already gone too many days without scoring. He seems obsessed with improving his numbers. Something that many of his teammates don't like because he wastes opportunities for others to score instead of him.
In any case, no one can be unhappy with Lamine Yamal's performance. At 17 years old, he is doing things that no one, not even the best in history, did at his age.
The obsession has an easy solution: the goals will come. And they will come.