“Sublime”: France’s media surrenders to Lamine Yamal

The French press gave up this Tuesday on the goal – which it described as “magnificent”, “jewel” or “bombshell” – that the striker of Spain and of Barcelona Yamine Lamal scored to tie the match France and that started the return to the semifinals of the Euro Cup. In the end, La Roja qualified after defeating the ‘bleus’ 2-1. Dani Olmo he scored the second goal.

“The ‘Bleus’ were kicked out of Euro 2024 by a superior Red, but with few regrets,” headlined sports station RMC Sports, adding “Spain too solid.”

He described as “awesome” the goal of Lamine Yamal who tied the game and considered that the French players “were broken in the first half and did not recover after the break.”

The newspaper L’Équipe highlights the “caviar” of the pass Kylian Mbappé which allowed the scoring to open Kolo Muani, although Spain turned the score around within four minutes.

He also describes as “awesome” the hitting of Lamine Yamal to even out the rivalry, and also highlights that the author of that goal is only 16 years old. He added that the ‘bleus’ “didn’t recover and was too inaccurate to really worry Unai Simón.”

For Le Parisien, both Lamine Yamal It is a “gem” and a “bombshell” (written in Spanish), and they summarize the match where “the ‘Bleus’ fell to a bone and said goodbye to the Euro.”

“Spain is very strong, the miracle of France is over (logically)”, the headlines of this report Le Figaro, considering that La Roja is “better” and France “is logically swept away.”

He adds that the Spanish players are “more technical, more creative, brighter, fresher and more talented”, and gives as an example Lamine Yamalwho at the age of 16 did Mbappe25, looks like “an old veteran.”

Le Figaro emphasizes that the goal was scored by Chief Muani It is “finally” the first to score in the game of the French team in this Euro Cup, and he also describes the goal from Badthe youngest scorer in Euro Cup history.