He celebrates his 17th birthday this Saturday, July 13, yet it was he who gave Kylian Mbappé a gift recently. In an interview with Brand This Friday, Lamine Yamal revealed that the captain of the Blues had asked him for his jersey after the Euro 2024 semi-final won by La Roja (2-1).
The Spain and FC Barcelona prodigy described the scene to the Madrid daily: “Mbappé asked me for my shirt! If Mbappé asks me for it, I’ll give it to him. There’s no problem. I don’t know which one I got. After the victory, I was thinking about the final, I was so excited that I don’t remember it.”
“I was lucky it was a goal”
A true revelation of Euro 2024, the winger had a great match against the French team, punctuated by a sublime goal. From about twenty meters, he deposited an exquisite strike in the top corner of Mike Maignan’s net. “You see that there is a lot of space, you raise your head and you see the goal, detailed the left-hander. You understand that you can do it. And I was lucky that it was a goal.”
Spain and Lamine Yamal are playing the Euro 2024 final this Sunday against Jude Bellingham’s England, at 9pm. The Barcelona phenomenon could offer La Roja its first title in twelve years and Euro 2012. It won the final against Italy.
