also there is no spanish legend in the team to help lamine take the reigns. messi at least had riquelme and crespo
lamine was immediately the best spanish player by far and tasked to carry the team playing every minute since he was 16yo
his whole career is a story of firsts
Has an 18 year old ever entered a world-cup while held at Messi-esque standards and expectations (don’t say Pele because there were no standards before him) while also having to carry one of the biggest football national of all time?