π¨ποΈ| Lamine Yamal: βI grew up with football when we watched the entire match, from the first minute to the 90th. I never opened an app to check how many goals or assists each player had. Back then, everyone simply enjoyed football.
You could watch a player behind the striker who might not score 20 goals, but was incredibly enjoyable to watch, like Γzil, for example. I loved watching him. I think the current generation goes into a match looking at an app and saying, βLamine scored two goals or got two assists, so he had a great game.β But there have been many games where I felt I put on a great performance without scoring, and I still went to bed very happy because I know football isnβt just about who scores the goal. Itβs the whole attack, from the moment it starts with the goalkeeper.
Sometimes I go home angry, and my mother always asks me, βAre you angry because you didnβt score?β I tell her, βIβll never come home angry because I didnβt score a goal.β Scoring is just a statistic. I get angry when I donβt touch the ball and when I canβt enjoy playing. Thatβs what makes me most angry.β #fcblive
π¨ Lamine Yamal: "I don't care if people call me black. I'm black, I'm no other color."
"What matters is the intention, but yes, you can see when they call you black to offend you."
"For example, in those videos from the Bernabeu, where Raphinha and myself were being racially abused... In the end, they're the ones paying the ticket to see me play."
"I'm not going to stop playing because they're showing lack of respect. I'm not doing that."