Despite all the spectacular goals Lamine Yamal has scored for Barcelona, the superstar winger chose his “beautiful” strike against France in the 2024 UEFA Euro semifinals as his favorite.
The 18-year-old already has a wealth of history-making and game-winning goals to his name in his early career, including one against Espanyol in 2024–25 that earned a Puskás Award nomination.
Yet the stunning curler that clinched last season’s La Liga title for Barcelona is not the goal Yamal chose when asked to crown his favorite strike. Instead, the Spaniard picked the equalizer that etched his name in the Euro history books.
“I have three. Well, four,” Yamal said when asked to name his favorite goal in an interview on.
“But if I have to keep one, for importance and beautiful, the goal I scored against France in the Euro Cup. I also really liked the one on Wednesday against Bruges.”
Yamal found the top corner with a sensational strike from distance to bring Spain level in the semifinal against France. The 21st-minute equalizer made the winger the youngest goalscorer in Euros history at 16 years and 362 days old.
Dani Olmo then bagged the go-ahead goal just four minutes later to ultimately send La Roja through to the final, where they defeated England 2–1 to become European champions for the fourth time in history.
