Chicago Fire striker Robert Lewandowski has praised the efforts of former FC Barcelona teammate Lamine Yamal at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
He went on to commend the 19 year old’s cooperation with the Spanish National Men’s Football Team that had La Roja win the title after beating Argentina 1-0 in the final despite featuring in the competition immediately after recovering from injury.
Lewandowski won three Spanish La Liga titles with Yamal during his time at Barcelona before securing a move to the Major League Soccer this offseason.
Speaking in an interview with ESPN, the Polish striker did admit that Yamal’s campaign wasn’t the best version of the 19 year old winger.
“Honestly, no, we didn’t [see his best this tournament].”
“The best performance, the best Lamine for me, of course, wasn’t the last season, but two seasons ago, that was for me now the best version of Lamine Yamal.”
“He came to the World Cup after injury and he didn’t play for like eight weeks so it’s tough if you don’t play eight weeks…but he showed really good quality. The Spain players and the team helped Lamine and Lamine also helped the whole team. I think that this cooperation was perfect” Lewandowski said.
