European Football Championships | Great start to the EC tournament for Spain – the teenage sensation made history

Threefold The European champion Spain got the start they hoped for in the final European football tournament in Germany, when they defeated Croatia 3-0 in the opening match of Group B in Berlin.

Spain took the excitement out of the game in the opening period. Alvaro Morata The 1–0 goal came in the 29th minute by Fabian Ruiz from the preliminary work, and just three minutes later Ruiz finished nicely to make it 2–0.

For Morata, the goal was the seventh of his career in the EC final tournaments, and he is now tied for third place in the all-time statistics of final tournament goalscorers.

Spain scored their third in the opening period in extra time, and the goal was a rarity. To the one who made the hit For Dani Carvajal the goal was the first of his National Team career, and it came in his 45th match.

The pass for Carvajal’s goal was given by a thrilled teenage sensation Lamine Yamalwho wrote his name in the history books in the match.

Yamali, who played in Spain’s opener, became the youngest ever player to play in a men’s EC final tournament at the age of 16 years and 338 days.

The previous EC record was held by a Pole by Kacper Kozlowski on behalf of. He was 17 years and 246 days old when he played in the EC final tournament in the summer of 2021.

On another at half time, Croatia got the ball into the goal when the Spanish goalkeeper Sleep Simon repelled Bruno Petkovic’s from the penalty kick and the ensuing situation, Petkovic shook the goal.

However, the hit was disallowed after passing to Petkovic Ivan Perisic had run into the penalty area too early.

Ruiz, who plays for the French giant PsG, picked up the award for the best player of the match.

“The most important thing was the win. The assist (to Morata’s goal) was important, but so was the goal. I think the team performed very well. We did what we wanted, and we worked hard for it. And we achieved everything as a team, and that’s important,” Ruiz praised UEFA on the pages.

Saturday in the previous match, Switzerland beat Hungary 3–1 in the A group match. Switzerland thus rose to the top of the group on equal points with tournament host Germany. Germany crushed Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of the Games on Friday evening.