In a game of the semifinal of the Champions League, Barcelona and Inter signed a 3-3 draw that had goals, physical deployment and a talent discharge-one more-of the new young wonder, Lamine Yamal.
And for those who believe it is possible to score or somehow marginalize it from the game, Inter Milan himself has recognized the nightmare that is to mark it, follow him, suffer it in every minute of the game.
Coach Simone Inzaghi spoke with total honesty of the talented player who faced for the first time. By passing Marcus Thuram, author of one of the goals, also confessed what he is to face such a player, who paints his face in a tab.
'Such a talent is born every 50 years'
“We have played with the offensively more beautiful team in the world. The second half is a bit bitter, due to the double advantage, achieving 2-3, and we would have been able control it.
“I have not seen a player like Yamal in the last 8 or 9 years. We had to put three players on top of him, and naturally that opened spaces in other areas,” he added, confessing that even at the end of the game he gave many problems.
“A talent like Yamal is born every 50 years”
“We have had to score with 2 and up to 3 players”pic.twitter.com/RThGqkSN1s— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) May 1, 2025
Inside the court it was even worse
Thuram, of whom Inzaghi said he arrived very pressed for physical problems and “did not suck in training to recover,” he gave the perspective of who within the field feels incapable, despite the effort, to control such a talent.
When answering a question about a moment when he went to talk to his side, Di Marco, clearly surpassed by the jewel of Barcelona, the whole game, he said: “I went to encourage him, I told him that it is normal for a player like Lamine Yamal to overcome him, but not give up. I said 'I continue, continue, continue …”.
The journalist insists on whether he had to mark him with two more men and he confesses: “Even between 11!”
Of course, the row among the best in the world, has to do it: “The best in the world is French and the second best in the world too. It may be the third, behind Ousmane and Kylian.”
