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Lamine Yamal: The tournament’s youngest Man of the Match

His great performance, which culminated in the goal that started off a famous comeback, saw the winger chosen as the best player of the semi-finals against France.
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Wed, 10/07/2024 - 10:45

It is already historic to become the youngest player to play in a European Championships. It is historic to get three assists at your first continental tournament. But to score the goal, the first in a comeback in a semi-final against France, sees him deserving of being voted the youngest man of the match in the competition’s history

Lamine Yamal: the youngest player to score at a European Championships

He received the ball, drove inside on the edge of the box and with his left foot, he guided the ball into the top left corner from to score a goal for the ages to seal Luis de la Fuente's side's place in the final. Lamine said of his special goal: "It's one of the most special goals of my career.

"I've only ever thought about reaching the final. It's a dream come true". At the press conference, the Spanish forward highlighted the unity of the team and analysed Spain's possible opponents in the final, stressing that "throughout the European Championships we are seeing very evenly matched games, whoever the opponents are, it’s going to be a very difficult match".