Lamine Yamal makes his debut in Georgia with the Absoluta, surpassing Gavi, his teammate at Barcelona, as the youngest debutant for La Roja.
Seven minutes against Betis last season and 234 minutes this season were enough for Lamine Yamal to receive his first call up to the Spanish national team, a national team in which the FC Barcelona forward made his debut last Friday in Tbilisi, Georgia, to become the youngest debutant in the history of La Roja.
He never played a match in the Copa del Rey, nor in the Champions League. The short time that Lamine showed in the First Division with the Barça shirt was enough for Luis de la Fuente to call up Yamal and make his debut in the qualifier for the Eurocup in Germany 2024 that Spain played on Friday, September 8 for the third time. day of the group stage of the qualifiers.
A sensation this season at Can Barça, the Mataró-born boy had made his debut with Xavi Hernández’s team on April 29, when he was just 15 years and 290 days old. Now he’s doing it with the Spanish national team, at just 16 years and 57 days old. It far surpasses (by more than a year) Gavi, who debuted with the Absoluta 17 years and 62 days in the 2021 Nations League.
Lamine entered the field as a replacement for the injured Dani Olmo in the 44th minute of the match, when Luis de la Fuente’s team won 0-4, and he had his dream international debut. After 74 minutes, the footballer scored his first goal for the team, the seventh for La Roja in the match. Yamal, who could still choose to defend the Moroccan shirt, now tops the all-time list of La Roja’s youngest rookies and is the youngest player to score for Spain, surpassing Gavi.
Source: Goal
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