{"id":200239,"date":"2024-07-16T12:10:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T12:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/16\/yamal-breaks-pele-final-record\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T12:10:43","slug":"yamal-breaks-pele-final-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/16\/yamal-breaks-pele-final-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamal Breaks Pel\u00e9 Final Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong> Lamine Yamal <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spain forward Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to ever feature in a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship final on Sunday against England, surpassing the record set by Brazil legend Pel\u00e9 in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Yamal turned 17 on Saturday, and the Barcelona player celebrated by assisting the first goal to help his nation beat England 2-1 as Spain won the Euros for a record-breaking fourth time, edging one clear of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>He was rewarded by being named the Young Player of the Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a dream and I can\u2019t wait to get back to Spain and celebrate it,\u201d Yamal told TVE. \u201cIt\u2019s the best birthday present I could have received. Now I want to go and celebrate with my family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter they equalised, they pressed a lot. But I don\u2019t know what this team is made of, but we always end up coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yamal finished the tournament with one goal and four assists, the most assists at a single European Championship since records began in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>He also became the first player to score or assist in the quarterfinals, semifinals and final of a single edition of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9, who died in 2022, was 17 years and 249 days old when he played in the 1958 World Cup final for Brazil, scoring twice in a 5-2 win against Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second time in a week Yamal has surpassed a mark set by Pel\u00e9. In the midweek win over France, he became the youngest player to participate in the semifinal of a major national team tournament, earning him congratulations from the Pel\u00e9 Foundation, who manage the late striker\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pel\u00e9 Foundation congratulates Lamine Yamal on this significant milestone in his career and wishes that this is the first step of a long and victorious journey,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamine Yamal \u00a0 Spain forward Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to ever feature in a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship final on Sunday against England, surpassing the record set by Brazil legend Pel\u00e9 in 1958. 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