The Barcelona prodigy has been lighting up stadiums across Germany with performances well beyond his years over the past few weeks, and he has already written a few pages of competition history. By starting La Roja's opening game against Croatia, Yamal became the youngest man to play at the European Championships, where he has formed an attacking trident with Nico Williams and Alvaro Morata . Yamal set up a goal for Dani Carvajal in La Roja's opening game and has since added two more assists to his tally, providing the final pass for Fabian Ruiz against Georgia and Dani Olmo against Germany.
In doing so, the 17-year-old became the first-ever teenager to set up three goals at one edition of the European Championships, but the strike that he craved eluded him, until La Roja met Spain in the semi-finals. © Reuters After Randal Kolo Muani headed home Les Bleus' opener, Yamal equalised with a beautiful long-range curler, thereby becoming the youngest player in history to score at the European Championships. Yamal's stunner preceded an Olmo winner as Spain completed another terrific turnaround at the Euros, and the Barcelona winger is nailed-on to start Sunday's showpiece in Berlin.
In doing so, the 17-year-old - who only celebrated his birthday on Saturday - will become the youngest man in history to play in the final of a World Cup or European Championships. The late Pele has held that record for a staggering 66 years, having been 17 years and 249 days old when he turned out for.
