Lamine Yamal steers Barcelona: Sevilla goal as they beat Betis 5-2

Barcelona’s first LaLiga test ended in Sevilla with a decisive display from Lamine Yamal (Barcelona): he opened the scoring at nine minutes and the team finished 5-2 against Real Betis. Yamal’s jersey went up again before the 90th minute for only the second time since the opening day, even as Betis fans whistled him all the way to the touchline.

The report ties it to his recent form: days earlier in Istanbul he produced an “almost rabona” versus Galatasaray. Against Betis, the goal came after a scramble when Gerard Martín lost his boot; Rodri dropped into defence and started the move before Yamal’s outside-of-the-boot pass unlocked the box. From just inside Betis’s half, he accelerated, dragged defenders, and finished from the edge into the far top corner.

After the match, Hansi Flick praised him directly, saying: “I told him I was proud of him because he played a fantastic game.” Yamal didn’t stop there—there was another assist in the flow of play, plus a flashpoint where Facundo Bernal’s push during the clash ended with a red card.