Lamine Yamal said skipping the Champions League play-offs will be a major boost for Barcelona’s season, after he scored to help them beat Copenhagen 4-1 and reach the last 16 on Wednesday. Yamal both scored and assisted in a Champions League game for the third time in his career; the joint-most by a teenager in the competition, along with Kylian Mbappe. Yamal’s eight Champions League assists, meanwhile, are now the outright most by any teenager in the competition’s history, overtaking Mbappe (seven). Speaking after the game, Yamal said: “We all came here tonight thinking about getting into the top eight. “In the Champions League I’m freer, though I’m still one against two.