On July 10th, in the European Championship semi-final between France and Spain, Yamal scored his first ever goal in the tournament. He also became the fourth U21 player in European Championship history to score and assist in a single tournament.
Prior to this tournament, only two U21 players had achieved this feat in a single European Championship: Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, both in the 2004 tournament. Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or a record five times, second only to Lionel Messi. Rooney joined Manchester United after that tournament and became a key player for the Red Devils.
The other two U21 players achieving this feat are from this tournament. Turkey’s Arda Güler has already scored and assisted in this tournament. With his spectacular goal in this match, Yamal became the fourth player in European Championship history to accomplish this feat. Notably, Yamal is the youngest of the four players to achieve this, and his future is truly boundless.
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