Lamine Yamal believes FC Barcelona are the best team in the world ahead of the Clasico against Real Madrid

FC Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal revealed ahead of El Clasico and after Wednesday night's 4-1 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League that he and his teammates consider the Blaugrana to be the “best team in the world” hold.

The 17-year-old put in another outstanding performance at the Montjuic Stadium, regularly beating a man many consider to be the best left-back in the world in Alphonso Davies, and Raphinha completed his team's trick with a stunning assist in the second half .

With Barca sitting three points clear of their arch-rivals at the top of La Liga, Lamine was asked after the game about hosting Saturday's Clasico at the Bernabeu, which could prove crucial to winning the Spanish top flight title in May.

Despite Bayern being described by the local press as the “ogres” and Catalans' bogeyman in Europe, Lamine revealed that “we were already feeling very confident before this game”.

“We believe we are the best team in the world and I think we are proving it. We will continue with all our might and may the best team win,” he continued, as Los Blancos themselves came away with a 5-2 victory over Bayern's biggest domestic rivals, Borussia Dortmund, earlier this week.

Lamine emphasized that it was “very important to beat Bayern 4-1 in a very important week.”

“We are doing very well this season, but we are always afraid of what will happen in the Champions League. We are a great team and we showed that,” he affirmed.

To keep himself out of the spotlight, Lamine highlighted the strong midfield performances of Pedri – said to be in the best moment of his career – and Marc Casado.

“And of course Rapha for his hat trick. I? Substitution of Ansu Fati by coach Hansi Flick.

In the Spanish capital on Saturday, Lamine is guaranteed to be a regular on the right wing and cause a lot of trouble for Carlo Ancelotti's men and especially Ferland Mendy.