News: Lamine Yamal, Labor Day, Uwe Seeler

Labor Day. For us hard-working kids, that means work! The miner's lamp must always be lit, grandpa used to say. And he would have had absolute joy at what Barcelona and Inter put on last night. It was like a mine shaft: up and down, in and out, sweating, toiling, the final score was 3:3. Both sides of the defense quit – presumably union-organized – while up front, great holiday football was served up. 32 seconds into the game, the score was already 1:0 to the Italians, and shortly after, the second goal was scored. By then, Barca had turned up the heat, felt their honor was being attacked. Leading the way: Lamine Yamal. Once again, he played as if no one had ever told him how risky it all was. At 17 years old, with the self-confidence of a sole proprietor, he repeatedly bashed the Italian defense. By the end of his 100th competitive game, Yamal had 102 touches of the ball, amazingly scoring only once, but leaving behind all sorts of knotted legs and flickering eyes. He's now reached the 100-game mark three years earlier than Lionel Messi. And now give the kids the order, they don't calculate!