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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-schedule">{"type":"match-schedule","data":{"channelId":"92686d1e-5985-40e1-80f3-6f5a54f55b39","competitionId":"34pl8szyvrbwcmfkuocjm3r6t"}}</script><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Graduated out of La Masia academy system</li><li>Used family pets to help hone his skills</li><li>Now a Ballon d'Or contender of present &amp; future</li></ul>

Lamine Yamal reveals bizarre training method which might be secret behind Barcelona wonderkid's incredible early success

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<p>At just 17 years of age, the Barcelona wonderkid has already pas<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-someone-babysit-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-euro-2024-teenage-superstar-stay-spain-team-hotel/blt2927c59ccaeeb8c0" target="_blank">sed 50 competitive appearances for La Liga giants, </a>become a European Championship winner with Spain and made the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/gary-lineker-reveals-ballon-d-or-pick-prediction-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal/blt1dfe448deb7fdb06" target="_blank">30-man shortlist for the 2024 Ballon d’Or</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>A meteoric rise to the top has been enjoyed – <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-vows-leave-legacy-addresses-comparisons-lionel-messi/blt0ec43bcdd900ca92" target="_blank">earning comparisons to fellow La Masia academy graduate Lionel Messi</a> along the way. Yamal has <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/topped-lionel-messi-pele-wayne-rooney-spain-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-destined-greatness-gary-lineker-england-euro-2024-final-very-special/blt15757586ed551293" target="_blank">made the step up into senior football with consummate ease</a> and is being tipped to become a Golden Ball winner of the future.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Yamal has revealed how humble beginnings <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/not-even-lionel-messi-this-level-barcelona-spain-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-cant-be-compared-anyone-shattering-more-records-16/bltb51de68a50e04eb8" target="_blank">helped to catapult him to superstardom</a>, with the teenager not one to rest on his laurels as he seeks out the biggest of challenges – even if that can mean adopting some strange methods. He has told <a href="https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/France-football-a-rencontre-lamine-yamal-barcelone-je-veux-laisser-un-heritage/1505694 " target="_blank"><em>L’Equipe</em></a> of honing his skills: “I'm a guy who doesn't like being at a higher level, like what happened to me in youth categories, because I don't like to relax or take it easy. I always prefer it to be more difficult. I’d rather not play than play everything and have it be too easy.</p><p>“I always went everywhere with my ball. I used to carry it in a bag to school. In class, I used to hide it because the teacher wouldn't let me have it. I always played with my dogs because my father said they wouldn’t bite, so I’d run with them. Playing against a dog is the hardest thing you can do.”</p>

WHAT YAMAL SAID

<p>Yamal’s canine companions should be proud of the part that they have played in the development of a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-lionel-messi-praise-ex-blaugrana-boss-ernesto-valverde/bltcccbb97b6907b941" target="_blank">hot prospect that may go on to become a legend</a>. Starring roles continue to be played for club and country, with there no sign of the youngster allowing complacency to set in.</p>

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Lamine Yamal has revealed how a bizarre training routine in his youth helped him to become one of the most exciting talents in world football.

Lamine Yamal reveals bizarre training method which might be secret behind Barcelona wonderkid&apos;s incredible early success