31 assists and a golden partnership: Raphinha and Lamine Yamal dominate at Barça

The FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid played one of the most exciting matches of the season. In the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, the culés and colchoneros ended in a 4-4 draw in a true spectacle of football and goals, featuring Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, who once again led the azulgrana attack. 

In the match against Diego Simeone's team, the star duo of Barça once again made their mark in the statistics. The Brazilian provided assists to Pau Cubarsí and Iñigo Martínez from corners to reach 16 assists this season, while the star from Mataró did the same for Robert Lewandowski to reach a total of 15 assists in the 34 matches he has played this season.

Lamine and Raphinha, the 'kings' of assists in Spain

In total, the best pair of wingers on the continent has participated, either by scoring or assisting, in 66 of the 120 goals celebrated by the blaugrana team in the 2024-2025 season. Together, they have scored 35 goals and provided 31 assists, with the Porto Alegre native netting 24 goals and delivering 16 assists in 34 matches, while the Rocafonda player boasts an impressive 11+15, thus establishing themselves as the only duo in Spanish football to surpass thirty assists this season across all competitions.

No other pair in Spain comes close to the records of 'Rapha' and Lamine in this regard. Bellingham and Vinicius Jr. are their closest pursuers, and they have 'only' accumulated 19 assists between them, which puts into perspective the magnitude of this achievement by the blaugrana stars.

The 'golden' partnership of Barça

The 24 goals of Raphinha are distributed across LaLiga (13), Champions League (8), Supercopa de España (2), and Copa del Rey (1), while his assists are spread across the league (7), the continental tournament (5), where he leads the assists ranking, and the Cup (4), overwhelmingly surpassing his records in his first two seasons as a culé. 

On the other hand, Lamine has celebrated 5 goals in LaLiga, 2 in Champions, 2 in Supercopa, and another 2 in Copa. In the league competition, he has established himself as the top assister with 11 assists, providing another 4 in the Champions League (2) and the Copa del Rey (2). Additionally, for the first time in his short career, he has surpassed the barrier of 10 goals in a single season, thus confirming his definitive explosion into the elite.