The precocious rise of Lamine Yamal, swifter than either Pelé’s or Lionel Messi’s so far, is shattering the norms of football.
On Saturday Yamal turns 17. On Sunday the rightwinger will be Spain’s chief attacking hope in the Euro 2024 final against England.
He is breaking the mould of Spanish society too. Yamal and his fellow winger and friend, Nico Williams, are two of the Spanish team’s first black heroes of immigrant origin. Yamal’s father was born in Morocco, and his mother in Equatorial Guinea.
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