Lamine Yamal broke a Lionel Messi benchmark in Barcelona’s victory over Espanyol | OneFootball

Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal secured for himself an impressive benchmark, owing to the club’s La Liga triumph.

Wide-man Lamine, of course, is fresh off securing the latest major piece of silverware of his fledgling career.

After featuring from the off in Barcelona’s league meeting with city rivals Espanyol on Thursday night, the youngster set the scoring in gear in spectacular fashion, en route to a 2-0 triumph.

Hansi Flick’s troops, in turn, were officially crowned Spanish champions for the 28th time in their storied history.

From a personal standpoint, Lamine has now notched two La Liga trophies, after also playing a minor role back in the 2022/23 campaign.

And owing to as much, the Spanish international has overtaken a personal benchmark on the part of Blaugrana legend Lionel Messi.

As revealed by statisticians StatMuse, Lamine has now won more La Liga titles before turning 18 than Messi managed during his own time at the Camp Nou:

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