Tournament soccer offers a chance for young players to break through. They’re not normally this young. Lamine Yamal has been the star of Euro 2024 especially after his stunning goal against France in the semifinals. He turned 17 on Saturday a day before the final against England in Berlin.
Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo prepares to kick a penalty during a round of sixteen match between Portugal and Slovenia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 1, 2024.
Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. France’s Kylian Mbappe walks in dejection after Spain’s Dani Olmo scores his side’s second goal during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Fans of the team of the Netherlands walk towards the stadium ahead of a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. FILE -Fans of the team of the Netherlands walk towards the stadium ahead of a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Georgia’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates after Spain’s Robin Le Normand, left, scored an own goal during a round of sixteen match between Spain and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. Germany’s Jamal Musiala, left, shoots sthe ball against Spain’s Marc Cucurella, center, during a quarterfinal match between Germany and Spain at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, July 5, 2024. FILE - Referee Felix Zwayer from Germany checks the VAR for a penalty during a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Spain’s Lamine Yamal celebrates a goal that was disallowed for an offside during a round of sixteen match between Spain and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Spain’s Lamine Yamal celebrates a goal that was disallowed for an offside during a round of sixteen match between Spain and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. France’s Kylian Mbappe walks in dejection after Spain’s Dani Olmo scores his side’s second goal during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. France’s Kylian Mbappe walks in dejection after Spain’s Dani Olmo scores his side’s second goal during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Fans of the team of the Netherlands walk towards the stadium ahead of a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Fans of the team of the Netherlands walk towards the stadium ahead of a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. FILE -Fans of the team of the Netherlands walk towards the stadium ahead of a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE -Fans of the team of the Netherlands walk towards the stadium ahead of a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Georgia’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates after Spain’s Robin Le Normand, left, scored an own goal during a round of sixteen match between Spain and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Georgia’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates after Spain’s Robin Le Normand, left, scored an own goal during a round of sixteen match between Spain and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. Germany’s Jamal Musiala, left, shoots sthe ball against Spain’s Marc Cucurella, center, during a quarterfinal match between Germany and Spain at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, July 5, 2024. Germany’s Jamal Musiala, left, shoots sthe ball against Spain’s Marc Cucurella, center, during a quarterfinal match between Germany and Spain at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, July 5, 2024. FILE - Referee Felix Zwayer from Germany checks the VAR for a penalty during a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. FILE - Referee Felix Zwayer from Germany checks the VAR for a penalty during a semifinal match between the Netherlands and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Euro 2024 takeaways: Lamine Yamal shines and fans party but the big names struggle. DUESSELDORF, Germany — Young stars emerge and big names underperform. Fans party on the streets of Germany and grumble about controversial VAR decisions.Tournament soccer offers a chance for young players to break through. They’re not normally this young. Lamine Yamal has been the star of Euro 2024, especially after his stunning goal against France in the semifinals, which made him theat a men’s European Championship. He turned 17 on Saturday, a day before the final against England in Berlin. German 21-year-olds Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz lit up the tournament for the host nation, and another 21-year-old, Xavi Simons, scored a spectacular goal as the There was disappointment for Spain midfielder Pedri, also 21, whose tournament was ended by a rough challenge from Germany’s Toni Kroos in the quarterfinals.Cristiano Ronaldo could have become the European Championship’s oldest ever scorer at 39, but finished without any goals from five games amid enduring questions about whether Portugal would be a better team without him on the field. His biggest impact was arguably on tournament security as a string ofSpain phenom Lamine Yamal has electrified Euro 2024. In hometown, family and friends not surprisedbroken nose against Austria and ended with France’s semifinal loss to Spain. His only goal was a penalty against already-eliminated Poland. Mbappé'sHarry Kane is in the final but has often seemed off the pace despite scoring three goals, and Kevin de Bruyne couldn’t inspire an often-toothless Belgian team.After a European Championship held under pandemic restrictions and a World Cup in Qatar, Euro 2024 was a chance for European fans to mass in numbers not seen for years. Colorful fan marches to stadiums — the Dutch march to their semifinal with England was 100,000 strong — lit up the host cities.unveiled by FIFA in 2016, and a few crucial calls overshadowed key games. Denmark’s Joachim Andersen had his goal ruled out for offside by VAR against Germany before VAR helped award a penalty against him shortly after. Referees and VAR often seemed to take a lenient approach to grappling in the penalty area, but when Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries collided with England’s Harry Kane while trying to block a shot, it was a penalty that changed the course of that semifinal game. “I think that we cannot play properly football and this is due to VAR. It really breaks football,” Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said. There was no penalty for Germany in the quarterfinals when the ball struck Spain defender Marc Cucurella’s hand. German fansEven with several smaller soccer nations playing, no team lost all its games, the first time that happened at a men’s European Championship since it was an eight-team event in 1992.
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