Barcelona vs. Feyenoord: How Lamine Yamal can break Kylian Mbappe Champions League record in League Phase opener

By Oliver Thomas | 07 Sep 2026 16:18, Last updated: 07 Sep 2026 16:18

Barcelona prima Lamine Yamal could surpass Kylian Mbappe to acceptable a Champions League scoring grounds successful Wednesday’s League Phase clash with Feyenoord astatine Camp Nou.

Yamal was conscionable 16 erstwhile helium made his Champions League debut, and has since established himself arsenic 1 of the world’s champion attacking players with the Catalan giants.

Now 19, Yamal won the 2026 World Cup with Spain and has already amassed 155 first-team appearances for Barcelona successful each competitions, scoring 53 goals and registering 52 assists.

The winger scored six of those goals successful 10 Champions League matches past play arsenic Barca progressed to the quarter-finals.

Yamal has recovered the nett 11 times successful 33 UCL games successful total, and helium needs to people 2 much goals to adjacent the grounds for the astir scored successful the contention aged 20 oregon under, presently held by Real Madrid’s Mbappe (13).

With Barcelona facing Feyenoord this week, Yamal could adjacent oregon interruption the grounds connected matchday one; the teenage sensation does not crook 20 until July adjacent year, though, truthful helium has plentifulness of clip this word to assertion the grounds from Mbappe.

Yamal enters Wednesday’s contention successful good form, having netted 2 goals successful each of his past 2 La Liga matches against Rayo Vallecano and Valencia.

Flick insists Barca “can get better” contempt emphatic La Liga start

Hansi Flick was afloat of praise for Yamal and his Barcelona teammates pursuing their emphatic 5-0 La Liga triumph implicit Valencia connected Sunday, though the German manager inactive believes that determination is country for betterment from his side.

"It's each astir the prime successful training," Flick told reporters post-match. "When I spot this, I americium convinced astir however we tin play.

"Today was a fantastic game, astir perfect. We had control, we were dominant. This is what I want: to power the crippled and effort to get spaces. We did it, but thing is perfect. You tin ever improve. We tin get better."

Barca person already shown their ruthless attacking menace successful the aboriginal stages of this season, having scored 17 goals crossed their opening 4 La Liga matches, astatine slightest 7 much than immoderate different squad successful the division.

In the Champions League, Barcelona person scored 50 goals successful the 2 editions of the newly-formed League Phase since its instauration successful 2024-25, 8 much than immoderate different broadside (Bayern Munich successful 2nd connected 42).

However, the Catalans person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful immoderate of their past 15 UCL matches, giving Feyenoord a glimmer of anticipation heading into Wednesday’s League Phase opener.