Yamal reaches historic milestone in the Champions League
The match between Napoli and Barcelona made history as soon as referee Felix Zwayer blew the starting whistle. At least for striker Lamine Yamal .
At 16 years and 223 days, number 27 became the youngest athlete to play in a Champions League knockout match .
The Spaniard surpassed Rodrigo Ribeiro, who at 16 years and 315 days played for Sporting against Manchester City in 2022, in the same round of 16 phase.
Since the final stretch of 2022/23 playing for the Blaugrana professional team, Yamal debuted in the European tournament in the current season, playing in all of Barça’s games so far.
Against Royal Antwerp , even with the defeat, the number 27 contributed an assist to Ferran Torres in the first half.
Against Napoli, the striker was named in the starting line-up alongside Robert Lewandowski and Pedri.
