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Barcelona head into the final weeks of the 2024/25 season still on course for an incredible trophy treble.
Hansi Flick's side battled out a Copa del Rey final win over arch El Clasico rivals Real Madrid on April 26 and they lead Los Blancos by four points in the La Liga title race with five games left.
Flick's charges were held to a 3-3 UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg draw by Inter Milan on April 30 and they need a positive result in the San Siro second leg on May 6.
Teenage superstar Lamine Yamal continues to create headlines and he turned in a talismanic performance against Simone Inzaghi's visitors.
Inzaghi admitted his attempts to triple mark the Spain international only yielded limited results and Flick hailed his No.17 as a 'genius' as the post-match praise flowed.
As the full-time whistle blew at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Lamine Yamal was the only topic of conversation, with the 17-year-old firmly in the race to win the 2025 Ballon d'Or.
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Lamine Yamal vs. Inter Milan: Key stats, records broken
Before a ball was kicked in the game, Lamine Yamal became just the second player aged under 18 to start a UCL semifinal following Julian Draxler's record from 2011.
2 - At the age of 17 years and 291 days, Lamine Yamal will become only the second under-18 player in Champions League history to start a semi-final after Julian Draxler (17 years, 226 days) for Schalke 04 at Old Trafford in May 2011. Jewel. pic.twitter.com/URufpwx5ld
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 30, 2025His superb early goal, which dragged Barcelona to 2-1 down, made him the youngest-ever goal scorer in that stage of the competition, aged 17 years and 291 days old.
After failing to score in the Champions League last season, he is now onto five goals in the competition in 2024/25, plus three assists.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 30, 2025He overtook Kylian Mbappe's youngest semifinal scorer record and he will now be eyeing the Frenchman's record of 13 UCL goals as a teenager - as he does not turn 20 until July 2027.
His deeper numbers vs. Inter Milan were even more impressive, with a game-leading six shots and six out of 10 completed dribbles, more than any other player.
17 touches in the opposition box was almost triple that of second-place Denzel Dumfries - with six - and he leads two other seasonal UCL lists at this stage of the campaign.
With 11, he is joint-top for goal-creating actions alongside Pedri and Raphinha, and the teenager is clear at the summit of the take-ons list with 42 completed in 2024/25.
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