Spanish footballer Lamin Yamal broke two of Pele's records in the Euro 2024 semi-final against France.
Yamal broke two of Pele's records
The first is that the 16-year-old Barcelona winger became the youngest player to ever reach the semi-finals of a major international tournament such as the Euros or the World Cup.
Pelé played in the semi-finals of the 1958 World Cup, also against France, at the age of 17 years and 244 days. Whereas the Spaniard surpassed this achievement, because when he entered the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 he was 16 years and 362 days old.
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Lamin Yamal also became the youngest football player in history who distinguished himself in the semi-finals of a major tournament. It was he who scored the first goal of the Spaniards against France, when he equalized the score in the match 1:1.
In addition, the 16-year-old football player has the most successful passes in the tournament. As of now, he has assisted his teammates three times — this is the most among all Euro 2024 players.
This made him the first teenager to provide three or more assists in a single European Championship or World Cup since 1966.
Recall that Spain became the first finalist of Euro 2024. In the semi-finals, Luis de la Fuenta's team won a strong-willed victory over the French team with a score of 2:1.
