Lamine Yamal’s brilliant performance in the Euro Cup semi-final was reflected on the main covers of Spain

Los Spanish newspapers surrendered this Wednesday at the foot of Lamine Yamalthe teenager of 16 years and 362 days who scored a great goal and was the great figure of that country’s team in the 2-1 victory against France that gave them qualification for the decisive match of the Euro 2024.

“Lamine takes Spain to the final“, headlined the prestigious newspaper The country, below a photo of the Barcelona forward. The right half of the cover is completed with the mention that “the 16-year-old’s sensational goal allowed La Roja to start the comeback against France.”

The world, for its part, allowed itself to compare the author of partial equality in Munich with Kylian Mbappé, whom it left out of the competition taking place in Germany. “Yamal, the coming Mbappé“, stated that medium on its main page.

While, The newspaper decided to open its edition this Wednesday with a photo of Yamal celebrating one of the Iberian team’s goals against the world runners-up and highlighted the importance in the match of who became the youngest footballer to score a goal in the Euro Cup: “Spain embraces Lamine”.

Regarding the Spanish sports media, those from Barcelona were a little more effusive than those from Madrid to refer to the young Spanish star. “Historic“he stressed Sport along with a photo of the young man with his back turned and his teammates in front of the lens coming to greet him after his great goal.

“Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest scorer to score in a European Championship and guide Spain towards a new final”, states the Catalan newspaper on the way down.

Sports worldFor his part, he highlighted: “Lamine final”. “A fabulous thread from Yamal, the youngest goal in the history of the tournament, and a marvel from Olmo take the Red to Berlin,” he added.

On the contrary, Brand It dedicated a small box to Yamal on its cover, although with an ostentatious statement. “Lamine, for eternity“, headlined one of the sports newspapers in the Spanish capital. And he added: “He makes the tie by putting it in the square.”

As He only mentioned Yamal’s record of scoring precocity in the competition, and focused on the Spanish team’s qualification for Sunday’s decisive match: “Fantastic, happy, finalists.”

Spain lost in Munich due to a goal from Randal Kolo Muani, the same one whose Dibu Martínez drowned out what would have been an agonizing and consecrating cry in the Qatar 2022 final, until Lamine Yamal appeared and began to build a night more than dreamed of. .

The teenager who is emerging as one of the stars of his team took the ball several steps behind the penalty area, positioned himself for his left leg and took a devastating, cornered shot that meant a partial tie for La Roja.

With his goal, the Barcelona winger lifted those led by Luis De La Fuente and unleashed a few minutes of madness that led to the goal of Dani Olmo, who finished crosswise and Koundé, in his attempt to clear, could not avoid putting into his own goal to make it 2-1, which in the end was definitive.