Lamine Yamal dazzles as face of new Spain to validate overdue change at Euro 2024
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Lamine Yamal, who was not even a year old when they won Euro 2008, became first the youngest footballer to play in a European Championships and then, before half-time, the youngest to set up a goal in one, Luis de la Fuente’s side made a break with the past. It brought Yamal his assist, and Spain’s third goal before the break. And yet part of the beguiling element to this Spain side is how De la Fuente has spliced together very different figures: the caricature of interchangeable passers is now very outdated; whereas the nominal wide men used to be more midfielders, now Yamal and Nico Williams offered genuine width. open image in gallery Dani Carvajal celebrates scoring for Spain If the sense was that it was too easy, the same may be said when Spain scored a second.