Lamine: "I do what any 18-year-old does"

L amine Yamal is enjoying a great moment of form at Barcelona . And also off the pitch, where he admits to disconnecting as much as possible to live the life of a young man who is only 18 years old. An age that does not conflict with a maturity that he demonstrates despite his meteoric rise to be the center of attention

"I do what any 18-year-old does: hang out with his friends, take care of his brother, play PlayStation, go for a walk... things like that," the player said in an interview with ESPN. In his opinion, this is key to living a quiet life away from all the media attention

"I try to be with my friends and live my life. I try not to just focus on football , not to be all the time concentrating on the game, or watching videos of the full-back I'm going to face, none of that," says the Barcelona attacker

I try not to focus only on football, not to be all the time concentrating on the game, nor to watch videos of the full-back I'm going to face

His desire is to have as normal a life as possible , bearing in mind that it will never be like that of an ordinary person: "I try to enjoy the whole day and when I'm on the pitch to give my best, but when I leave the pitch I want to disconnect as much as possible from football"

In the interview, he is asked what he would do if he were invisible for a day and the player is clear: "First I would go to have breakfast on a terrace. In the afternoon I would play a soccer game in some park, for example, in the poly of Rocafonda . And then I would go for a bike ride or with the scooters with my friends. Normal things".

He also recalls moments from his childhood , not so long ago, when he did not have the privileges he now enjoys as a professional footballer. "When I was little we didn't have the possibility to buy the PlayStation or the Nintendo . So we played with my friends in the yard with Pokemon cards, which were worth one euro," Lamine confessed.

When I was little we didn't have the possibility to buy a PlayStation or a Nintendo

What he doesn't do either, despite having tried, is cook . It's just not his thing, as he himself admits: "The truth is that I gave it up because it wasn't my thing. I was very bad, very bad. I'll make you some nuggets with potatoes, at most".

In addition to his successes with Barcelona , Lamine does not hide his other great objective for this year: "There is still a long way to go for the World Cup , but the dream is that of all Spaniards. We want to win and give our best for the country".