'We will give our all to win it': Lamine labels Champions League main target for season

[p]On Saturday, manager Hansi Flick said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]Lamine[/a], 19, was one of three ‌vice-captains elected by his teammates alongside [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-eric/AyxD3I5C/"]Eric Garcia[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-jong-frenkie/A1F3rz9c/"]‌Frenkie de Jong[/a], while the German coach himself had chosen [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raphinha/xtBsDPam/"]Raphinha[/a] ‌and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pedri/baBG8QuI/"]Pedri[/a].[/p][p][b]"There's no greater motivation than the Champions League, ‌which is the one I still have to win. We will give our all to win it. Good players have arrived, like ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony[/a]) Gordon, ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adeyemi-karim/GvIzwgo8/"]Karim[/a]) ‌Adeyemi, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodri[/a],"[/b] Lamine told a press conference.[/p][p]Traditionally, ⁠the group of captains ‌selected are the more experienced members of a team, but the ​teenager was a surprise choice as fifth in line to wear the captain's armband.[/p][p]The record for the youngest [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] player ​to do so was Bojan Krkic in 2010, aged 20 years and 56 days.[/p][p][b]"It's something to be proud of ⁠at 19 years old. ​I'm very grateful to my teammates. It's a position that comes with responsibilities, even if I'm only 19, but I'm very happy,"[/b] said Lamine.[/p][embed guid="22959a7c-03eb-4cc4-8fa1-526d23c350c8" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2097204224341717078" social-type="twitter" /][p]Following successive Champions League eliminations, in which ‌Barca could not keep a clean sheet in any of the four games that led to their exits, there have been questions over whether they must adapt Flick's aggressive strategy to win in Europe.[/p][p][b]"We always adapt our style for the opponent. Maybe not too much, but when it is necessary. We have our style; it has been very successful over the last two seasons,"[/b] said Flick.[/p][p]Barca's German coach added that ‌he needed all of his players fit and sharp at ​the right time to overcome the difficulties posed by ‌Atletico Madrid, who won 3-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals last season.[/p][p]The Catalan club are hoping to end an 11-year drought in the Champions League. They came agonisingly close in 2025 when they lost their semi-final to ⁠Inter Milan after extra ⁠time.[/p][p]Their European campaign begins ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/feyenoord-8zjySeoN/?mid=nD1UprQ0"]on Wednesday against Feyenoord at Camp Nou[/a].[/p][infobox id="45e615b0-e521-49e0-bf3c-9fb2423b8bed" /]