Spanish football fans and players celebrate Yamal’s 17th birthday

Germany, Spanish football fans celebrated the 17th birthday of Spanish youngster Lamine Yamal ahead of their Euro 2024 final against England tonight at 2:00 a.m. Spanish fans who went to watch the Spanish national team practice at Donaueschingen Stadium to prepare the team before facing England in the Euro 2024 final tonight at 2:00 a.m. at the Olympic Stadion in Berlin celebrated Lamine Yamal's 17th birthday on July 13. Fans stood in the grass and floated balloons into the sky with the message "Happy Birthday, Yamal". Some brought Bluetooth speakers to sing "Happy Birthday, Yamal" while waving the Spanish flag and sending messages of encouragement to the player. Meanwhile, instead of wishing Yamal a happy birthday, instead of blowing out birthday candles from his teammates, he was instead beaten in the head after playing monkey ball and being kicked through the legs, which made training fun. For Yamal, he has been breaking records since his professional debut for Barcelona less than 15 months ago, becomin g the youngest goalscorer in Euro history with a stunning long-range effort against France to level the score at 1-1 before helping Spain beat France 2-1 to reach the final, and giving Lamine Yamal a chance to make history with Spain if he helps them to victory and is likely to be named the tournament's best player. As for the readiness of the Bulls, Spain is likely to rely on the latest players. Goalkeeper Unai Simons and defender Dani Carvajal, who are free from suspension, will return to the field as starters. Join forces with Nacho Fernandez, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella with Rodri and Fabian Ruiz controlling the midfield. In the attacking game, Dani Olmo, who has scored 3 goals, 2 assists and is in the running for top scorer, will coordinate with Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams with Alvaro Morata, the team captain and striker, as the target man. As for the Three Lions, England is likely to retain the same set of players, but there may be one change in position between Luke Shaw and Kieran Trippier. Other main players are goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Marc Guehi, midfield Bukayo Saka, Kobbie Mainoo, Declan Rice, with Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden providing play for team captain and striker Harry Kane. The referee for this game is Francois Letezier, 35, from France. Letezier has been an international referee since 2017 and has officiated 65 UEFA matches. In this Euro, he has officiated three matches: two group stage matches between Croatia and Albania, Denmark and Serbia, a round of 16 match between Spain and Georgia, and was also the fourth official in the opening match between Germany and Scotland. The assistant referees are both French, Cyril Meunier and Mehdi Rehmouni. The Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, where the Euro final will be held, is well-prepared and has an interesting history. Built for the 1936 Olympics, it still has traces from World War II and relics from the Nazi past. The Olympiastadion is also associated with the rebirth of Germany as a democracy after the war. It hosted the 1974 World Cup in West Germany at the time and again in the 2006 World Cup, 16 years after the reunification of Germany. The Olympiastadion can accommodate 71,000 football fans at this Euro. The cheapest ticket for this game is 95 euros or 3,700 baht, and the most expensive is 400,000 euros, which is about 16 million baht. For the statistics of the meeting between Spain and England 27 times, Spain won 10 times, England won 13 times, drew 4 times. The last game they met in the Nations League on October 16, 2018 in Seville, Spain, Spain lost to England 2-3. Source: Thai News Agency