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‘Wonder kid’ scores as Spain eliminate France to reach final

Spain have qualified for the final of the 2024 European Championship thanks to Lamine Yamal’s 25-meter piledriver and Dani Olmo’s strike in the semi-final at the Allianz Arena last night.

Yamal is only 16-years-old is being hailed as a ‘wonder kid.’ Due to his brilliance in the first half, Spain came back from behind to take they lead in the thrilling encounter. The second half was barren as all goals came in the first half.

France took the lead in the eighth minute through Randal Kolo Muani’s header from a Kylian Mbappe assist.

Spain responded in scintillating fashion through an awe-striking effort of Yamal, who broke Pele’s 66-year record of the youngest player to ever participate in a Euro/World Cup semi-final.

The Barcelona winger evaded Andrian Rabiot before delivering an exquisite swerving shot into the top corner from outside the penalty area for 1-1.

The goal makes the 16-year-old the youngest scorer in European Championship history.

Olmo put Spain in the lead four minutes later, evading Aurelien Tchouameni before his shot into the bottom corner was deflected into the net for 2-1 despite Jules Kounde’s best effort.

Both sides continued to threaten after the interval, but France could not find a way through despite introducing Olivier Giroud, the country’s all-time leading scorer.

However, Luis de la Fuente’s La Roja side managed the game better in the closing stages, knocking France out of the tournament and marching to their first Euro final since 2012.

Spain await the winner of the second semi-final tie between England and Netherlands on Sunday.

Yusuf Mohammed
Yusuf Mohammedhttp://yusufcolumnist@gmail.com
Yusuf Mohammed, an experienced Nigerian journalist, writer and editor, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and International Relations from Al-Hikmah University. He cut his journalism teeth at Business Hallmark newspaper in 2013. From Business Hallmark, he moved to New Telegraph newspaper where he was an editorial staff from 2015 – 2017. In 2017, he joined The Next Edition as a pioneer staff and helped to take it to the summit of online platforms. He had a second spell at Business Hallmark in 2019 before establishing The Columnist Ng, a platform dedicated to publishing articles of renowned Nigerian writers. Mohammed's writings have been published in several Nigerian newspapers and magazines such as Daily Trust, Premium Times, The Cable and Newswatch. His tribute to the late football great, Diego Maradona was published in three magazines, including Air Peace in-flight Magazine in 2020.
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