In the 67th minute of the match between Spain and France in the 2025 Nations League semi-finals, Lamine Yamal raised the score to 5-1 with a close-range finish. Before that, he had scored a goal to increase the score to 3-0 on the penalty spot, contributing to bringing La Roja to the final against Portugal.
Lamine Yamal's second goal was scored with his left foot but it was not a curse as usual. It was scored with an off-the- balance of the cheek while in a position to fall when accompanied by Clement Lenglet.
In club and national team matches, Lamine Yamal has scored 31 goals, including 29 with his left foot. The 17-year-old striker does not have the right-footed finishing skills and often only uses his right foot as a pillar. However, from Lamine Yamal's side, this view is not correct.
In October 2024, in the El Clasico match against Barcelona, Yamal scored a goal with his right foot. In an interview after the match, the striker said that he did not know how to shoot the other leg, it was only used when necessary.
Returning to the goal against France in the most recent match, for those watching on television, many people will think Yamal shot with his right foot. However, after seeing the slow-motion, the star still used his left foot and followed the ball by a cross to defeat Mike Maignan. That was a situation where Maignan seemed to have lost his vigilance because he thought Yamal would hit his right foot. In the end, the AC Milan goalkeeper was surprised and did not react in time.
If you look at Lamine Yamal's finishing moves, you can see that he only has the right foot to defeat Maignan because the left-footed shot has been locked by Lenglet. However, Yamal had an autograph, using his right foot as a pillar, dropped the focus and performed a trivela with his left foot.
Since EURO 2024, Lamine Yamal has always been known to be a very good left-footed player, so good that he does not need to improve his right-footed shooting skills because if necessary, this striker can do trivela to get the ball into the penalty area from the right wing. Fans have begun to associate players who are only good at using their left feet but so skillful that they do not need to learn to shoot with their right feet such as Diego Maradona, Arjen Robben or Lionel Messi.
Lamine Yamal's goal against France ended with a lackluster celebration when the young striker chose to sit on the scoreboard to enjoy the support of fans.
In his 20th international cap, Yamal made his mark with a brace. Simone Inzaghi once said that Lamine Yamal is the type of player who has only had one for 50 years. If we look at the above-mentioned super-class left-wing teams, the former Inter captain may be right. Yamal may be able to shoot with his right foot better in the future, but right now, just his left foot has given every defense a scare.
In a direct competition with Ousmane Dembele to score more points in the Ballon d'Or race, Lamine Yamal won convincingly and left a huge impression. If in the upcoming final, he loses to Portugal and Ronaldo, considering the 4 trophies Dembele has just won is not enough for him to win the Golden Ball.
