It is a piece of skill Lamine Yamal is making an art form — and yet another reason the 17-year-old is one of the most exciting players in world football.
The Barcelona forward has used the ‘trivela’ — an outside-of-the-boot shot or pass — to provide three of his nine assists in La Liga this season.
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His latest came against Mallorca last week and there was one in the Barcelona derby against Espanyol on November 3, but the trivela versus Villarreal in September was a thing of beauty.
Trivela is a Portuguese word, and the story behind the action getting that name remains unclear. In Brazil, where Portuguese is the official language,
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