Barcelona’s teenage sensation Lamine Yamal continued his extraordinary rise on Wednesday night as he produced a phenomenal individual performance in his team’s Champions League semi-final draw with Inter Milan.

I admire Messi a lot, so I don’t want to compare myself with the best player in football's history,” Yamal added on Tuesday.

The fear that Lamine Yamal provokes in defenders when he gets the ball on Barcelona's right flank has inevitably conjured up comparisons to a young, floppy-haired Lionel Messi. Now, Barcelona 17-year-old star will face one of the very few teams that Messi never could score against when Inter Milan visits on Wednesday in the opening game of their Champions League semifinal.

Hansi Flick praises Lamine Yamal after Barcelona's 3-3 draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League.

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick and Inter Milan counterpart Simone Inzaghi have hailed Lamine Yamal following the winger’s performance in Wednesday’s Champions League clash between the sides.Yamal

Inter coach Simone Inzaghi lauded Barcelona's Lamine Yamal as a phenomenon who comes along once every 50 years after his side's draw in the Champions League.

He's the kind of talent who is born every 50 years,” Inzaghi said. “I had never seen him live and he really impressed me today. Lamine Yamal caused us so many problems in the last 25 minutes of the first half.