India, Dec. 2 -- Barcelona's teenage prodigy Lamine Yamal has shed light on the one particular facet of Lionel Messi's game he would watch over and over again while growing up. The young winger, long hailed as one of La Masia's brightest talents, has often drawn comparisons to the Argentine great for his quick feet, composure in tight spaces, and natural understanding of the game. Those echoes of Messi have grown even louder this season after Yamal inherited the iconic No. 10 shirt - a number forever linked with the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner.

Yamal admitted that as a child, he would study that specific trait of Messi's play with fascination, trying to understand how the former Barcelona captain made the extraordinary look effortless....