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Barcelona star Lamine Yamal was responsible for matching a feat last achieved by Blaugrana legend Neymar Jr. a full 10 years ago on Wednesday night.
This came courtesy of a starring individual performance in the club’s Champions League season opener.
Hansi Flick’s troops got their campaign on the continent up and running earlier this evening, courtesy of a League Phase meeting with Dutch heavyweights Feyenoord.
The aforementioned Lamine featured from the off at the Spotify Camp Nou, and played a direct hand in three of the five goals ultimately netted by Barca in a 5-1 romp.
These contributions came in the form of a free-kick goal, alongside a pair of fine assists. And as since revealed by statisticians StatMuse, owing to as much, Lamine matched an achievement not managed in a single Champions League fixture since all the way back in 2016:
‘\[Lamine is the\] first player to score a free kick and assist multiple goals in a UCL game since: Neymar in 2016.’
> Lamine Yamal vs Feyenoord:1 goal2 assists2 shots on target4 shots4 chances created7 successful take-ons12 duels won
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> First player to score a free kick and assist multiple goals in a UCL game since: Neymar in 2016. [pic.twitter.com/ZNAl7TMc7E](https://t.co/ZNAl7TMc7E)