Lamine Yamal predicts Barcelona win at the Parc des Princes

Lamine Yamal predicted a 1-0 win in Paris with his goal. That's what comes to mind when he thinks about the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final. At least, that's what he expressed in an interview with 'Mundo Deportivo' which was published in full this Friday morning. In the dialogue, he also discussed the defence he will have to make on Kylian Mbappe, his references in La Masia or his possible acquisition of the No. 10, which, for the moment, belongs to Ansu Fati.
"It's Ansu's number 10, but if, in the end, he doesn't stay here, I 'd be proud. It would be a dream for any child to be Barca's No. 10. Nobody in this world would say no, but it's something for the club to manage. If I sign for a lifetime at Barca? I'm sure I will. Hopefully I can be a legend," he said. In fact, asked about his contract, which ends in 2026, he asked for "calm, there are still two years left on the next contract. And above all, I want to enjoy it.
Now focused on the tie against the French, he warned: "We're all focused on Wednesday's game, which is going to be one of the most important of the season. These ties are decided by details. If one team fails, the other will take advantage of it and, in the Champions League, you have to play with a lot of intensity. All the teams now have the same chances. We have to beat PSG and then, in a semi-final, anything can happen.
On how to defend Kylian Mbappe, he added: "I always try to defend the winger on my flank. It's already happened with Kvaratskhelia. He's a player who, whatever I look at, he'll do something different to me. So I think I have to help the full-back and that's it." Perhaps, before long, he will be competing with him for a place among the best on the planet, something he couldn't even glimpse nine years ago.
"Yes, sometimes, when I'm in bed at night, I think about it and say it's crazy, but it doesn't give you much time to think because you're already thinking about the next game, another training session and the day to day", he said. 'Mundo Deportivo' also asked him for a 'prediction' for the score of the first leg of the quarter-final and he replied: "0-1". As for who would score the goal, he was clear: "Myself".
He is equally clear about who his role models were at La Masia: "When I came in, there was Balde and Gavi and those are the ones I had as role models". Also, thinking about the friendly match against Brazil at the Santiago Bernabeu, home of arch-rivals Real Madrid, he was delighted to receive the respect of the stands: "It's a source of pride that I could be cheered by a stadium like the Bernabeu and, apart from that, playing for Spain. I'm very happy about that.