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Seventy-five seconds carrying the ball and, ow, on the heel.
Lamine smiles. He knows what awaits him.
A limpet,
a shadow following him wherever he goes, barely giving him
a chance to breathe.
Because when he takes on others, he gets past them.
But when he tries it against Cucurella, he founders time and again.
What's more, Diomandé helps him, and in one of those coverages ends up
nutmegging Lamine completely,
leaving him looking like this.
The frustration is palpable in the Culé camp.
Rodri scolds Gerard: "Calm down, brother.
No, calm down."
Another telling-off, this one from the assistant for stopping a
counterattack,
a closed-fist gesture and a "Coward."
The fourth official stands his ground and demands respect.
He repeats it: "Respectfully."
The linesman won't like what Lamine says to him either when Marc gets past him.
He gets burned, and then with the arm, bam!
He protests the foul, and the linesman tells him: "Okay, okay,
okay."
As Gordon goes one-on-one with Lunin, he gets angry because they didn't pass him the
ball.
And Fermín steps in to prevent more arguments: "Calm down,
calm down, that's enough, that's enough." And once again, Marc puts the brakes on
number
ten.
Now with fouls and without being booked.
But there's still more.
One after another.
Cucu's masterclass isn't just at the back, he joins several attacks,
and this run ends in nil-one.
With no time to lick their wounds, barely two minutes later,
Lamine wastes the equalizer.
One celebrates,
and the other laments.
Marc is on fire,
he's earning his keep. He even stops players who aren't Lamine,
who is in turn stopped by players who aren't Cucurella.
But although he seems to have everything under control, on a quick throw-in by Lamine,
Raphinha takes advantage of the gap Marc leaves when he goes to help Bernardo.
One celebrates, and the other not only doesn't regret it, but encourages them to
keep doing the same. And he delivers.
It was just a minor blip. He maintains his high level, shutting down
Lamine,
who only manages to cause any damage by drifting inside
but lacks the necessary precision. They are facing an unfamiliar Lamine Yamal
to them.
In one of many such moments, Cucurella cheers himself hoarse over the
umpteenth
battle won.
As if that weren't enough, in the dying moments he will also emerge
as the
winner of this war.
And so, this clash of titans ends with
Cucurella shutting down Lamine Yamal.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
Setenta y cinco segundos rodando la pelota y, ay, al talón. Lamine sonríe. Ya sabe la que le espera. Una lapa, una sombra que le persigue allá donde va, sin apenas darle un respiro.
Porque cuando encara a otros, sí se va. Pero al intentarlo con Cucurella, naufraga una y otra vez. Además, tiene la ayuda de Diomandé, que en una de esas coberturas acaba tirándole todo un caño a Lamine, dejándole con esta cara.
La frustración es palpable en el bando culé. Rodri regaña a Gerard: "Calma, hermano. No, calma". Otra bronca, la de marca el asistente por cortar un contraataque,
gesto de agujero cerrado y un: "Cagón". El cuarto pone pie en pared y le exige respeto. Se lo repite: "Con respeto". Al linier tampoco le va a gustar lo que le dice Lamine cuando Marc le come la tostada y él con el brazo, ¡pam!
Le protesta la falta y el linier le dice: "Vale, vale, vale". Como Gordon se la juega ante Lunin, él se enfada por no haberle pasado el balón y aparece Fermín para evitar más broncas: "Tranquilo,
tranquilo, ya está, ya está". Y ya está otra vez Marc parando los pies al diez. Ahora con faltas y sin ser amonestado. Pero todavía hay más.
Una detrás de otra. El recital de Cucu no es solo atrás, se suma a varios ataques y esta incursión acaba en el cero uno. Sin tiempo para lamerse las heridas, apenas dos minutos después, Lamine desperdicia el empate.
Uno celebra y el otro se lamenta. Marc está de dulce, se está ganando el sueldo. Frena incluso a otros que no son Lamine, al que a su vez frenan incluso otros que no son Cucurella.
Pero aunque parece tenerlo todo bajo control, en un rápido saque de Lamine, Raphinha aprovecha el hueco que Marc deja al ayudar a Bernardo. Uno celebra y el otro no solo no se lamenta, sino que anima a seguir igual. Y él cumple. Ha sido un simple borrón. Mantiene su alto nivel secando a
Lamine, que solamente apareciendo por dentro consigue hacer algo de daño sin la puntería necesaria. Están ante un Lamine Yamal desconocido para ellos. En una de tantas, Cucurella se desgañita celebrando la
enésima batalla ganada. Por si fuera poco, en los últimos coletazos también va a resultar vencedor de esta guerra.
Y así, este duelo de titanes se salda con Cucurella secando a Lamine Yamal.
