Spain wing wizards Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal inspire Euro 2024 triumph
Spain's Euro 2024 final winner against England on Sunday but La Roja's triumph was inspired from start to finish by explosive wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal.
The youngsters have been key on their side's run to the final in Berlin and combined to send Spain ahead against England, a moment that felt fitting given their supreme summer.
Williams' well-taken strike gave Spain a deserved lead and the duo both came close to extending it before Cole Palmer's equaliser for England.
Yamal, 17, and Williams, 22 — both celebrating birthdays in the days ahead of the final — have given Spain an exciting cutting edge in attack they have lacked for much of the last decade, pulling the team to a record fourth European Championship triumph.
Spain previously last won a major trophy in 2012, ending a golden era that saw them lift the Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup trophies.
Since then, they have struggled in the wilderness both on the field and more recently off of it too because of their crisis-hit football federation.
This summer many did not consider them among the top favourites to lift the trophy, but Yamal and Williams' flair and contagious spirit added vital spark to a national team known for their ability to dominate possession.
Yamal became the youngest ever Euros goalscorer at 16 in the semi-final triumph over France with a brilliant long-range effort and was named young player of the tournament after Spain's triumph.
«This is the best (birthday) present I could have, it's a dream,» said Yamal after winning the
