Lamine Yamal's superb display showed why he can be Spain's X-factor — and yes, he's just 16.
Lamine Yamal, 16 years old and with the composure of a veteran, and Luka Modrić, 38 and as motivated as a teenager, squared off at Euro 2024 on Saturday, and there was an unmistakable lesson to take from it. At this tournament, experience is yesterday's news, and precocious, youthful talent is the most dangerous weapon you can have. Overreaction, based off too small a sample size? We will see, but don't count on it.
He nearly became the youngest scorer as well, but did pretty much everything else, highlighted by setting up Dani Carvajal for the third and keeping Croatia's defense in a near-constant panic mode. There was another youth-based record earlier in the day. Dominik Szoboszlai, at 23, become the youngest captain in Euros history when he led Hungary in its 2-1 defeat to Switzerland. Soon, Kylian Mbappé, 25, will captain a stacked France team.
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