UCL: Thierry Henry compares Lamine Yamal with Cristiano Ronaldo

Former France striker, Thierry Henry, has compared Barcelona teen Lamine Yamal with Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Henry was providing investigation for Barca’s Champions League quarter-final 2nd limb clash astatine Atletico Madrid connected Tuesday.

According to him, Yamal was arsenic “fearless” arsenic Ronaldo, with the 18-year-old backing up his pre-match speech by opening the scoring astatine the Wanda Metropolitano.

Although Ferran Torres levelled the necktie connected aggregate, Ademola Lookman’s extremity saw Barcelona eliminated.

Henry said: “This is what a young Cristiano Ronaldo utilized to do: helium could speech boldly successful interviews and backmost it up connected the pitch.

“Yamal said helium would transportation Barcelona single-handedly, and hardly 2 minutes into the game, helium had already scored. But what impresses maine adjacent much is his fearlessness.”

UCL: Thierry Henry compares Lamine Yamal with Cristiano Ronaldo