At 03:00 on July 11th, the European Championship semi-final between the Netherlands and England took place. Before the match, both teams announced their starting lineups, and the name of 19-year-old Manu was included.
According to statistics, at 19 years and 82 days old, Manu became the youngest player in England’s history to start a major tournament (World Cup/European Championship) semi-final. It’s important to remember that Manu only made his Premier League debut for Manchester United in November of last year. In less than a year, he has become a starter for the England national team and is now starting in the European Championship semi-final.
In the first 5 matches of this European Championship, Manu only missed out on playing time in the group stage against Denmark. He came off the bench twice in the group stage, but has started all three knockout rounds.
In his previous 4 appearances, Manu has contributed a total of 142 passes, 135 of which were successful. With a pass success rate of 96%, he has become the midfielder with the highest pass success rate since the 1980 European Championship.
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