Barcelona star equals Man United star Bruno Fernandes’ creative benchmark | OneFootball

A head-turning statistic, highlighting the ongoing excellence of Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal on the creative front, has on Wednesday come to the fore online.

This comes after the 17-year-old conjured up yet another moment of individual brilliance.

Barcelona are of course currently locked in action, in the 2nd leg of a Copa del Rey semi-final tie with Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid.

After a pulsating 4-4 draw in the tie’s opener, Hansi Flick’s troops have since edged in front on aggregate, owing to a strike on the part of Ferran Torres.

Slipped through behind the Atléti backline, the Spanish international made no mistake with a fine first-time finish beyond Juan Musso.

Whilst Ferran’s finish proved an impressive one, though, the true highlight came in the form of Lamine Yamal’s defence-splitting pass.

After spotting his teammate’s clever dart in behind, the young winger produced nothing short of a sumptuous through ball, carving the visitors’ defence wide open.

And as alluded to above, such efforts have since given rise to some altogether noteworthy statistics.

As per statisticians Opta:

‘In the Top 5 European Leagues this season in all competitions, Lamine Yamal is the player with the most through balls (37, equal to Bruno Fernandes) and the second most assists from open play (17, behind Salah’s 22).’

Conor Laird – GSFN