Phenomenons like Yamal born in 50 years: Inter boss Inzaghi

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi lavished praise on Barcelona's teenage winger Lamine Yamal after a thrilling 3-3 Champions League semi-final first leg draw on Wednesday.

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Yamal, 17, scored a superb solo goal on his 100th Barcelona game as the Catalans came back from two goals down and terrified Inter's defence throughout.

"Yamal is clearly a talent of the type born every 50 years, talents like this I've never really seen before," said Inzaghi.

"I saw him tonight for the first time and he created problems for us, we doubled up him... and then we lacked players elsewhere on the pitch...

"(Our performance) is a reason for great pride, and Yamal is a phenomenon of the kind born every 50 years."

Inter kept Yamal quiet for some parts of the second half, which Inzaghi said was the objective after the teenager's first-half display.

"We adjusted something, we had to be better on Yamal, which is not very simple," continued the coach.

Inzaghi also said he had "some doubts" whether captain Lautaro Martinez, who went off injured at half-time, would be ready for the second leg.