"Lamine Yamal, this gift from God!": Before facing Inter in Milan, FC Barcelona fans are banking on their new "phenomenon"

Six days after the spectacular Champions League semi-final, Barça faces Inter at the San Siro on Tuesday evening. Fans are hoping for another spectacular performance from the young Spanish player, who is starting to make Lionel Messi forget.

After a spectacular first leg that ended 3-3 , FC Barcelona will face Inter Milan on Tuesday, May 6th, at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, for a decisive Champions League semi-final. To secure their ticket to the final, the Catalans will be able to count on their star striker : Lamine Yamal. The winger, trained at the club, continues to charm the "socios," Barcelona supporters.

And for good reason, Lamine Yamal is a record-breaker for his precocity: he's not yet 18, but he's already played 101 matches for Barca. At 17 years and 291 days old, the Spaniard even became the youngest player to score a goal in a Champions League semi-final, dethroning a certain Kylian Mbappé, according to Opta. (New window)

But he's no longer that promising young talent; today, according to Ferran, he's a Ballon d'Or contender. While this fan is old enough to have seen Cruyff play at the Camp Nou, he doesn't hide the fact that he's enjoying Yamal: " He's a phenomenon! He scores wonderful goals and dribbles fantastically. If he takes things seriously and keeps going, he'll go far!"

In the first leg, the Spaniard made an impression with this splendid goal, a powerful left-footed strike. It wasn't enough to disturb the winger trained at Barça. With braces and dyed blond hair, the teenager displays a relaxed demeanor: " I don't feel any pressure. I feel like I have to enjoy the moment and give it my all. Fear? I left it in kindergarten in Mataro, a long time ago! ", a nod to the working-class suburb where he grew up, north of Barcelona.

Among fans like Joan, the parallel with Lionel Messi is now unavoidable. " We still find it hard to believe! Messi left only a few years ago and we thought it would be a desert for 15 or 20 years... And that's when this gift from God, Lamine Yamal, appears! We hope he continues like this ," he confides.

But Yamal refuses to play the comparison game. If he wants to get close to the Argentinian, he will have to push the boundaries of his game and creativity even further, starting Tuesday evening in Milan, to send his club to the final.