Rarely has there been a final match where young people appeared in abundance and played an important role like the EURO 2024 final. Without even announcing the lineup, it can be said right away: Yamal, Williams, Bellingham, Saka, Mainoo will play the main roles!
EURO Final: Will Jude Bellingham or Lamine Yamal make history?
Yamal is more than… Pele!
Of course, this is not a comparison of players from different generations, in the way of putting them on the field and imagining who plays football better. In terms of overall value, Lamine Yamal is far superior to the "king of football" Pele, not only in the detail that Yamal was younger than Pele when he scored the "opening goal" in a major tournament.
Lamine Yamal (right) is a very "hot" name at EURO 2024
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One of the most important details that any book or magazine about Pele's greatness must mention is that he was only 17 years old when he played for Brazil at the 1958 World Cup, and to this day holds the record as the youngest player to score in World Cup history (17 years and 239 days). In fact, Pele's starting point was to participate in the World Cup... for fun. Because of a "historic disappointment", Brazil changed their entire attack and Pele appeared in the lineup. That disappointment: Brazil drew 0-0 with England. For the first time in 28 years of existence, the World Cup had a goalless match. The score of 0-0 in the past was so strange that it did not appear in betting quotes. For Brazil, being named in the record for the first goalless match in World Cup history was a disgrace. Historical circumstances pushed Pele (and Garrincha) onto the stage!
Yamal is different. Everyone is waiting to watch Spain's opening match at EURO 2024 to witness the record of the youngest player in EURO history. On the one hand, Yamal was naturally the main character before the game started. On the other hand, that was a huge pressure that Pele did not have when he set foot in the 1958 World Cup. Right from the opening match, Yamal shone. To date, he is leading EURO 2024 in the number of assists. And he has the record of the youngest player to score in the EURO arena (16 years and 362 days). Much higher than Pele's record at the World Cup! EURO 2024 is not just about Yamal. Let me confirm: this is the major tournament with the most young stars ever. Even in Spain's starting lineup, there are 3 great players: Yamal, Nico Williams, Pedri (unfortunately, Pedri was injured and had to sit out after the quarter-final match). Also included are Jude Bellingham, Kobbie Mainoo, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer (England), Xavi Simons (Netherlands), Arda Guler (Türkiye), Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala (Germany), Francisco Conceicao, Nuno Mendes (Portugal)... All are 22 years old or younger and had a successful EURO.This final will be different
At EURO 2020, Italy won the championship with a team lacking talent, even being rated lower than their "defeated general" in the final, England. Courage and battle experience are the decisive differences. Unable to deal with Bukayo Saka (England) with his skills, Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) just grabbed his opponent's collar, dragged him to the ground, and accepted a yellow card. That image is the symbol of Euro 2024. The player who played as a central defender with Chiellini in Italy's defense, Leonardo Bonucci, scored the equalizer 1-1 for Italy. This pair is over 70 years old in total! Before that, the symbol of EURO 2016 was the image of Cristiano Ronaldo directing his teammates from the sidelines. On the field, the player who scored the only goal to help Portugal beat France right on the French field was Eder. Few people knew about this 29-year-old player, both before and after that tournament.
Coach Southgate and the England team
Spain coach
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