Lamine Yamal Hails Vinicius Junior, Lionel Messi and Ismael Saibari at World Cup

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Lamine Yamal Hails Vinicius Junior, Lionel Messi and Ismael Saibari at World Cup

Yamal highlighted three players catching his eye at the World Cup. "Vini Jr for sure, then obviously there’s Messi…," he said per Fabrizio Romano. "Then let me mention Ismael Saibari; he’s doing great for Morocco." Vini has scored in each of Brazil's three group games, while Saibari has three goals, and Messi tops the goalscoring chart with six.

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