Kicking off the La Liga season with a perfect five wins from their first five matches, Barcelona have been rolling, but they haven’t had to face much adversity under new manager Hansi Flick so far. While scoring 17 goals and allowing four is quite an impressive feat, how Barcelona are able to respond when things aren’t in their favor is just as important. In the Champions League against Monaco, we’re getting a taste of that.
Playing in midfield, Eric Garcia was sent off with a straight red card only 10 minutes into the match for denial of a goalscoring opportunity against Takumi Minamino. Six minutes later, Monaco found their opening goal and it seemed like the match would get out of hand for the Spanish giants. But that’s where a moment of magic can turn things on its head.
It, of course, came from none other than 17-year-old Lamine Yamal. After breaking out for Barcelona last season and becoming a crucial part of the Span national team en route to them winning the European Championship, he’s still finding another level to his game. Yamal checked his run perfectly to stay onside before delivering quite a strike to beat Phillipp Kohn in net.
Take a look at the goal:
With that finish, Yamal became the second youngest player to ever score for Barcelona in the Champions League behind Ansu Fati. It’s a goal that provides Barcelona hope which is also what his presence has done for the team. While you never want to put pressure on someone so young, he’s growing by the day and showing that he can be one of the players who can carry Barcelona. They’ll need more from him but even securing a point in this match against Monaco would be an impressive result at this stage.
