The big players arrive in the game’s big moments, but rarely if ever can a 17-year-old have been so instrumental in helping a club achieve a league title win.
It was poetic that Lamine Yamal would break some tough resistance from Espanyol, and his spectacular goal will be replayed for years.
Just like his contemporary, Lionel Messi, everyone knows what the talented teen is going to do but they just can’t stop him doing it.
Witness the way in which the Periquitos defenders were left in his slipstream as Lamine slalomed into position before firing off a shot that Messi himself would’ve been proud of.