Jun 15, 2024, 11:30 ET
At 16 years, 11 months and a pair of days, Lamine Yamal turns into the youngest participant to debut on this competitors.
Berlin.- Lamine Yamal, starter within the Spanish crew’s debut in Germany 2024 in opposition to Croatia, leaves his title for posterity with a historic double report within the ultimate section of a European Championship.
At 16 years, 11 months and a pair of days, Lamine Yamal turns into the youngest participant to debut on this competitors. Alex Pantling – UEFA/UEFA through Getty Pictures
At 16 years, 11 months and a pair of days, he turns into the youngest participant to debut on this competitors – he takes the report from the Polish Kacper Kozlowski – and to be a starter, surpassing the Dutchman Jetro Willems.
The earlier report of the youngest participant in a Euro Cup was set within the 2020 version, performed in 2021, by midfielder Kozlowski, in a match performed in Seville, in La Cartuja, in opposition to the Spanish crew.
Three years later, Lamine Yamal shatters the report and, at 16 years and 338 days, turns into the youngest footballer to make his debut within the historical past of the Euro Cup, forward of Kozlowski and England’s Jude Bellingham.
Moreover, he does in order a starter, additionally reducing one of the best mark in that part that Dutch defender Jetro Willems had, at 18 years and 71 days previous.
Relating to the historical past of the Spanish crew, Yamal significantly lowers that double report, which belonged to Pedri, who made his debut in a European Championship on the age of 18 years and 201 days, additionally as a starter.
EFE
