Spain’s teenage phenom Lamine Yamal gained the European Championship and the match’s finest younger participant award only a day after he turned 17. Yamal earned it principally whereas he was nonetheless 16, however he topped his contribution to Spain’s success by organising Nico Williams’ opening purpose in a 2-1 win over England within the ultimate on July 14, 2024.
“That is the very best (birthday) reward I might have requested for. It’s a dream come true,” Yamal mentioned. “It received robust after they tied the rating, however I don’t know what this group is manufactured from as a result of we all the time combat again.”
Yamal grew to become the youngest participant to seem on the European Championship, the youngest to attain within the match, and the youngest to play in a ultimate. He completed with 4 assists and one purpose in his debut European Championship.
Yamal performs for Barcelona, following within the footsteps of his idol, Lionel Messi, after coming by way of the membership’s famed La Masia coaching academy. He’s additionally the youngest goalscorer within the Spanish league.
Harry Kane and Dani Olmo finish in a 6-way tie for Golden Boot prime scorer
England striker Harry Kane completed Euro 2024 in a six-way tie for the Golden Boot prime scorer as his group misplaced the ultimate. It was one other particular person accolade for a participant but to win a serious trophy for membership or nation.
England’s Harry Kane walks previous the trophy after the ultimate match between Spain and England on the Euro 2024 match in Berlin, Germany, on July 14, 2024.
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Kane ended the match tied on three targets with Spain midfielder Dani Olmo, Germany midfielder Jamal Musiala, Netherlands ahead Cody Gakpo, Slovakia winger Ivan Schranz and Georgia striker Georges Mikautadze.
Kane has now been a runner-up in back-to-back European Championship finals after England’s loss to Italy three years in the past, and a runner-up in a single Champions League ultimate and two English League Cups. He’s gained a string of particular person awards, together with Bundesliga prime scorer final season at Bayern Munich, however the German membership had its first season and not using a trophy since 2012.
Kane is one in every of 4 males’s gamers to have been prime scorer at each a European Championship and a World Cup, one thing he achieved in 2018.
UEFA allowed a number of gamers to share the Euro 2024 prime scorer award in the event that they scored the identical variety of targets, in a change from current tournaments. On the final males’s European Championship, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Czech striker Patrik Schick each had 5 targets however Ronaldo was named the winner as a result of he had an help and Schick had none.
Southgate to debate England future after Euro ultimate defeat
England coach Gareth Southgate mentioned he would talk about his future answerable for the nationwide group after Sunday’s defeat left him as soon as once more attempting to work out why glory had eluded his facet.
Gareth Southgate, Head Coach of England, applauds the followers after the group’s defeat within the UEFA EURO 2024 ultimate match between Spain and England at Olympiastadion on July 14, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
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England misplaced within the match’s showpiece match for the second time in a row underneath Southgate after substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored an 86th-minute purpose to present Spain victory.
Requested whether or not he would proceed within the job, Southgate advised reporters: “I completely perceive the query and perceive it is advisable ask it, however I must have these conversations with vital folks behind the scenes and I am clearly not going to debate that publicly first.
“Indubitably, England have gotten some fabulous younger gamers,” he added. “We now have now been constantly again within the matches that matter. It is the final step that we have not been in a position to do.”
England – with solely the 1966 World Cup to their identify as a serious trophy – have develop into a power in tournaments since Southgate took over the group at a low ebb in 2016. They reached a semi-final and a quarter-final on the final two World Cups in addition to the ultimate of Euro 2020 — after they misplaced to Italy on penalties — and 2024.
“It is onerous to replicate so quickly after a defeat like this,” Southgate mentioned when requested if he can be answerable for England for the 2026 World Cup. “In fact, to take England to 2 finals has by no means been achieved however we got here right here to win and we have not been in a position to try this.”
