"
Maradona
, Messi and now
Yamal
," said
Lothar Mattheus
. The schoolboy genius is living his dream and the world shared a part of it when he ignited the spark in Munich
GERMAN LABOUR LAW
16-year-old
Lamine Yamal
was subbed off early in each of
Spain
's group stage matches against Croatia, Italy and Albania. The move to sub-off the player were made not because Yamal could not continue or because of tactical changes, but because of Germany's labour laws.
According to Germany's labour law young people under the age of 18, cannot work past 8pm on any given day.
There is slight leeway for the athletes, who are permitted "to work" until 11pm.
If Yamal works (plays) beyond 11 PM then the
Spanish FA
will be fined 30,000 euros.
YAMAL PASSES SCHOOL EXAM
Before La Roja tackled their last 16 assignment in Cologne Yamal discovered he had passed his own - the country's compulsory end of secondary school exams.
"I passed the exams and I have the ESO title now," Yamal said. "The last grades I've seen? If I'm honest, I saw them on my phone and it said I had passed so I just closed the app, called my mum and told her", Yamal said.
THE YOUNGEST TO SCORE IN EURO FINALS
Lamine Yamal (16 years 362 days) The teenage winger took the scoring record with a sensational equaliser in Spain's semifinal against France.
YOUNGEST TO PLAY IN EURO FINALS
Earlier, Yamal smashed the record for youngest player to have featured at a Euro finals after taking to the field aged only 16 years 338 days against Croatia at Euro 2024.
RECORD IN SIGHT?
Yamal can break Pietro Anastasi's record if he scores in the final. Anastasi is the youngest player to score in a final at 20 years 64 days, his right footed volley from outside the box doubling Italy's advantage against Yugoslavia in the 1968 final replay in Rome.
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