Barcelona star: ‘We are the favourites for the Champions League’ | OneFootball

A leading member of the attacking ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona has this week labelled he and his teammates as the outright favourites for the Champions League.

The player in question? Lamine Yamal.

Wide-man Lamine, for his part, is fresh off departing the city of Barcelona, for international duty with Luis de la Fuente’s Spain.

Prior to as much, though, the 17-year-old played a leading role last week, as Hansi Flick’s Barca sent Benfica packing from the Champions League in the Round-of-16.

Speaking during an interview with Diario Sport on Tuesday, the possibility of the Blaugrana going all the way in Europe this season was in turn put to Lamine himself.

And the attacker did not hesitate in his response, adamant that, with Liverpool now eliminated, he and his teammates should be considered the frontrunners to lift the Champions League:

“We are the favourites for the Champions League. When the group stage ended I said that Liverpool were the favourites because they were first and now that they have fallen, it is us.”

Conor Laird – GSFN