Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said seeing 16-year-old winger Lamine Yamal’s performance against France on Tuesday in their Euro 2024 semi-final triumph was like watching “a genius.” Yamal scored a brilliant goal to level Randal Kolo Muani’s opener for Les Bleus, with Dani Olmo then netting what proved to be the winner for Spain. Named player of the match, Yamal became the youngest-ever male Euros goalscorer.  “We have seen a genius, the product of a genius,” De la Fuente told reporters.

‘Lucky he is Spanish’