'Imagination And Brilliance': Fabio Capello Brushes Off Lamine Yamal Comparisons To Lionel Messi

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 15:44 IST

The 78-year-old Italian opined that Yamal mightiness not beryllium capable to execute the modular acceptable by Argentine legends, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.

Fabio Capello. (X)

Former Real Madrid manager Fabio Capello has made a scathing remark connected Lamine Yamal. The Barcelona wonderkid has tormented galore European outfits this season, demonstrating Messi-esque dribbles, immoderate unimaginable assists, arsenic good arsenic goal-scoring talent. Despite his unprecedented improvement, Capello has refused to judge Yamal arsenic “a phenomenon". The Italian made the revelation aft Barcelona thumped Real Madrid successful a deciding La Liga clash, with Yamal, Eric Garcia and Raphinha inspiring a superb 4-3 comeback. It marked the 4th consecutive Clasico triumph for the Catalan giants this season.

“Lamine is simply a subordinate with a batch of quality, who tin amended a lot, but I don’t spot him with the brilliance of a phenomenon," Capello said aft the lucifer successful an interrogation with COPE.

The 78-year-old, who managed Real Madrid successful 98 games crossed 2 spells, reckons Yamal mightiness not beryllium capable to execute the modular acceptable by Argentine legends, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.

“Messi oregon Maradona did things that nary 1 tin imagine. They were satellite stars. Really, Lamine cannot beryllium compared to the 2 of them and successful the future, I bash not spot him being truthful either. I’m not talking astir numbers oregon quality. I’m talking astir imaginativeness and brilliance," Capello said.

“Cristiano Ronaldo was besides a precise important player, with awesome numbers and who scored precise important goals, but I can’t comparison him to Messi oregon Maradona. It’s existent that Lamine is precise young and that helium has country for improvement, but precise fewer person that peculiar brilliance," helium added.

Capello, however, remains hopeful astir Yamal taking a changeable astatine the Ballon d’Or grant astatine the extremity of the season. “There are precise fewer chosen ones. Another happening is the large players," helium said, earlier admitting that helium would “vote for the 17-year-old successful the archetypal position".

Besides Yamal, 2 different Barcelona stars– Raphinha and Pedri– person emerged arsenic the beforehand runners successful the Ballon d’Or race. Following their exit from the Champions League semi-finals, Hansi Flick’s men look acceptable to wrapper up the run with a home treble. They person already sealed the Spanish Super Cup and Copa del Rey, and request to triumph 1 of their remaining 3 league games to go the LaLiga champions.

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