BARCELONA, SPAIN - JANUARY 25: Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona celebrates after the third goal of his team during the LaLiga EA Sports match between FC Barcelona and Real Oviedo at Spotify Camp Nou on January 25, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Rodriguez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesBarca BlaugranesSun, February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC·1 min readSpain star Aymeric Laporte has been talking about Barcelona star Lamine Yamal and says he strikes fear into defenders all over the world.
Laporta hailed the teenager’s dribbling ability and says that defenders simply have no idea what he’s going to do next when he gets on the ball.
“With the ball at his feet it’s something extraordinary. There is no left-back in the world who can say ‘come on, dribble me, let’s see if you can’. Everyone is afraid, everyone defends by backing down, and that is what it produces,” he told RMC Sport.
“It’s a bit like what they thought of Messi when he did 1 on 1: let’s see where he is going to come out, what he is going to do, if he is going to cut, if he is going to accelerate, if he is going to stop, if he is going to retreat, if he is going to shoot from distance, if he is going to give a clean pass to his teammate.”
Yamal is in the midst of another impressive season, despite having struggling with pubalgia issues earlier in the campaign, and currently has 15 goals and 12 assists in 31 appearances in all competitions for Barca.
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