Lamine Yamal: Xavi Explains Why Comparing Youngster to Messi Is Dangerous

• Xavi wants the comparisons between Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi to stop
• Yamal has impressed since breaking into the Barcelona first team this season
• The 16-year-old featured in Barca’s Champions League victory against Porto

Lamine Yamal’s breakout season with Barcelona has caught the attention of football fans worldwide, with many now comparing the Spanish youngster to Lionel Messi.

The 16-year-old wonderkid has been phenomenal for the Catalan giants this season, playing a key role in Xavi’s team since replacing Ousmane Dembele, who joined Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.

In a video posted by GOAL, Xavi is not impressed with the recent comparisons with Messi, who also started his career at Barcelona and became a legend of the Catalan club during his 17-year spell.

The Barcelona coach explained that players who have been compared with the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner have not turned out as predicted and has called for the comparison with Yamal to stop.

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At 16 years and 83 days, Yamal has become the youngest player ever to be named in the starting line-up in the UEFA Champions League after being involved for Barcelona in their victory against Porto on Wednesday night.

Why Yamal was substituted versus Porto

Meanwhile, Barcelona manager Xavi has explained that teenage sensation Lamine Yamal needed to use the toilet during the second half of their Champions League win against Porto, Four Four Two reports.

The 16-year-old forward played 80 minutes, but he left the pitch in the 71st minute and did not return as Xavi claims he started feeling unwell and had to be substituted in the encounter.

Yamal will hope to be fit for Barcelona’s next games as the Spanish league champions will return to action on Sunday, October 8, when they travel to Granada in La Liga.

Yamal becomes youngest starter in UCL history

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Lamine Yamal has etched his name in the sands of time as he became the youngest starter in UEFA Champions League history.

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This remarkable achievement occurred during Barcelona's Group H match against FC Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on October 4.

Yamal achieved this remarkable feat at the tender age of 16 years and 83 days, surpassing the previous record held by Celestine Babayaro, who accomplished this milestone at the age of 16 years and 86 days in November 1994 while playing for Anderlecht.