Raphinha sends message to Lamine Yamal after Barcelona’s win over Albacete

Barcelona star Raphinha has taken to social media, to send a message of appreciation the way of young teammate Lamine Yamal.

This comes after the latter kept alive a stellar recent stretch of individual form on Tuesday.

Barcelona were of course back in action yesterday evening, making the trip to 2nd tier Albacete with a place in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey on the line.

And despite a couple of hiccups along the way, when all was said and done, the Blaugrana emerged triumphant by two goals to one.

The aforementioned Lamine was amongst the goals on the night, opening the game’s scoring through a wonderful first-time finish during the first-half.

This made it four games on the trot with a goal for the Spanish international.

And as alluded to above, quick to make known his appreciation for such brilliance post-match was none other than Raphinha.

Absent for the clash through injury, the former Leeds United man took to his official Instagram account to unveil a photo of Lamine, accompanied by the caption:

‘My little boy’

Conor Laird – GSFN