Lamine Jamal .. “New Messi” or “temporary phenomenon”?

With the age of roses, a promising young man, Barcelona star Lamine Jamal brightened in the sky of world football, and turned from a small talent to an exceptional football phenomenon that caught the attention of the lovers of the witch.

What was presented by the 17 -year -old Lamine Jamal was not just a passing brilliance, but rather recorded in the history of football a series of records that made him the focus of attention and turned to the first adoration of the Barcelona fans who hoped to lead him to the Champions League final through the decisive match against Inter in the second leg of the semi -finals scheduled for Tuesday (at 23:00 Emirates time).

The amazing in Lamine Jamal is that he broke many records at a young age, it is true that he escaped from him the smallest player to participate in a match in the Champions League registered in the name of Borussia Dortmund player Yusufa Mukoko (16 years and 18 days, in front of the Russian Zenit 2-1 in the second of December 2020), but he broke the age numbers that remained steadfast for decades with his offensive activity and his goals and even its goals in either the goals. The Spanish League or the Champions League, in which it reached numbers that express its football value.

With the brilliance of Lamine Jamal, the fans began to wonder, whether Lamamin Jamal with Moroccan origin (Moroccan father and mother from Equatorial Guinea) is the new version in the stadiums of the Argentine legend Lionel Messi, the writer of modern history of Barcelona and World Football Club, or will he not be able to the heavy legacy that “Leo” kept behind him from the achievements, numbers and goals that are difficult to repeat?

Observers feared that the beauty of Jamal will be a temporary phenomenon in the same way as the stars who dazzled the world with their arts and skills when their star dawned before their light was divided into a suspicious manner, as happened with the Brazilian Neymar “the glass player” and even his current teammate “Fati” who stunned everyone with Barcelona specifically the beginning of his appearance on the football surface before his level retreated strangely, and other examples, where are you, beauty?.

The most prominent record numbers recorded by the “Little Champions” in the Champions League:

The youngest essential player in the history of the tournament: 16 years and 83 days (Porto 0-1 Barcelona on October 4, 2023).
The youngest player in the exclusionary roles: 16 years and 223 days (Napoli 1-1 Barcelona on February 21, 2024).
The youngest player in the quarter-finals: 16 years and 272 days (Paris Saint-Germain 2-3 Barcelona on April 10, 2024).
The youngest player is tenth: 16 years and 278 days (Barcelona 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain on April 16, 2024).
– The youngest player to score and pass a decisive pass in one match: 17 years and 241 days (Barcelona 3-1 Benfica on March 11, 2025).
The youngest player to score in the semi-finals: 17 years and 291 days (Barcelona 3-3 Inter on April 30, 2025).