Lamine Yamal, the rising star of the Spanish national team, wrote his name in golden letters in the records of the European Championship, after he led the Matador battalion to the final match, in which they will face the England national team tomorrow evening, Sunday, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to participate in the European Championship, after being in the starting lineup of the Spanish national team in its opening match in the group stage against Croatia, at the age of 16 years and 338 days.
In the same confrontation, Lamine scored his name as the youngest player to score a goal in the history of the Euro, after his perfect cross from which Dani Carvajal scored the third goal for the sons of coach Luis de la Fuente.
Lamine maintained his main position in the Spanish national team as the most dangerous attacking weapon, becoming the youngest player to play in the Euro semi-final match, at the age of 16 years and 362 days, against France.
The age factor did not have a negative impact on the Barcelona star, who turned the tables in the semi-finals of Euro 2024, and shocked the French national team players with the equalizer, with a magical shot from outside the penalty area, which goalkeeper Mike Maignan was unable to stop.
Lamine Yamal's goal contributed to Spain's victory and qualification to the final round. It was his first goal in the tournament after a long wait for the semi-finals, making him the youngest player to score a goal in the history of the tournament.
Lamine Yamal is waiting to break the record of Portuguese player Renato Sanchez, who was the youngest player to participate in the Euro final, at the age of 18 years and 328 days, when he was present in his country’s victory over France in the 2016 edition.
Lamine, who celebrates his seventeenth birthday today, dreams of scoring a goal against England in the final match to help Spain win the title that has been absent since the 2012 edition, and to break the record of Italian Pietro Anastasi, the youngest person to score in the Euro final against Yugoslavia, at the age of 20 years and 64 days in the final. 1968.
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