The Lamin Yamal football phenomenon continues to drive world football in general and Europe and Spain in particular crazy. The top scorer of Euro 2024, who will only celebrate his 17th birthday this coming Saturday, found his first goal in the tournament tonight (Tuesday) in the semi-finals, and he did it in style.
An impressive performance that included a long-range kick to the crossbar and in brought Spain back to 1:1 against France, and four minutes later the turnaround was completed with a goal by Danny Olmo on the way to a 1:2 victory in the end and a place in the final. Yamal became the youngest player ever to score in a Euro or World Cup, with the previous record being 18-year-old Pele in the 1958 World Cup. By the way, in fourth place on the list is Yamal’s friend in Barcelona, the Spaniard Gabi, who was absent from the tournament due to injury.
Just by stepping onto the pitch, Yamal became the youngest player to play in the semi-finals of a major tournament, surpassing the football legend Pele by almost a whole year, who did it at the age of 17 and 244 days in Brazil’s uniform in the 1958 World Cup semi-finals. Together with him, Jesus Navas of La Roja went up in the 11 , who became the oldest outfield player to appear in a Euro/World Cup semi-final at the age of 38 and 231 days, surpassing Fritz Walter and Gunnar Gern, also from the 1958 World Cup, by almost a year. The same situation, by the way, also applies to the final on Sunday.
The two assists in the knockout stages are the same amount that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored throughout his career in the knockout stages of major tournaments. Another assist of his in the final stage will tie him for the record for assists for a single Euro tournament.
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