"People expect me to score 100 goals at 16, but I wasn't feeling well for a while. It was a mix of everything, pubalgia... I wasn't happy, it showed, but for about a week now I've been feeling better. I smile while I play, I'm happy playing. I'm very happy."
"On the second goal, I waited for them to come at me so I could dribble past them, and the finish... well... one of them had to go in. I told Flick to wait for my goal, the third one, to substitute me, not for the team's third goal."
Lamine Yamal delivered a sublime performance by scoring his first-ever hat-trick in Barcelona's 4-1 victory over Villarreal at Camp Nou. The 18-year-old winger netted twice in the first half and once after the break, becoming the youngest player to score a maiden treble in LaLiga, surpassing Gio dos Santos's previous record. Robert Lewandowski added a late goal in what was Hansi Flick's 100th game in charge. The win extended Barcelona's lead over Real Madrid to four points at the top of the table. Yamal now leads Barcelona's league scoring with 13 goals this season. Despite his impressive display, Yamal acknowledged experiencing a challenging period earlier in the campaign due to pubalgia and personal struggles, but reported feeling significantly better recently.
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