Lamine Yamal has used the \'trivial\', an outside-of-the-boot shot or pass for three of his nine assists in LaLiga this season.
In Brazil, where Portuguese is the official language, such strikes are named ‘Tres Dedos’, as they are produced by using the three outer toes of your foot.
Roberto Carlos and Luka Modric have been masters of the trivela.
“Lamine has been using this since a very young age,” Jordi Font, who managed Yamal in Barcelona’s under-10s said.
“I think it comes from the street football he’s grown into. Playing in the futsal pitch of his neighborhood, where you can use the walls to pass the ball and dribble past players, and being a bit cheeky while playing against older opponents.”