Battle of the boy wonders to decide blockbuster clash
Evening Standard|July 05, 2024
THE SPAIN team that has taken Euro 2024 by storm is unrecognisable from the one which won three straight tournaments between 2008 and 2012.
Dom Smith
Battle of the boy wonders to decide blockbuster clash

If it was about metronomic midfielders then, now it is about the wing wizardry of 16-year-old Lamine Yamal (right) and 21-year-old Nico Williams.

No one has assisted more goals at these finals than Yamal. Williams has arguably been player of the tournament so far and will run at Germany in tonight’s blockbuster quarter-final.

“The 2008 team is unmatched, because it brought together the best generation of midfielders in the country’s history,” says Abraham P Romero, from Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 05, 2024 من Evening Standard.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 05, 2024 من Evening Standard.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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