Cast your mind back to this summer's European Championships. (Believe it or not, they were only a month ago. We had to double-check that because it feels like they wrapped up sometime in 2018, but no.
) There were several standout games in the tournament, from Switzerland vs. Italy in the Round of 16 to Georgia vs. Portugal in the group stages, but one rises head and shoulders above the rest: Spain vs.
France in the semifinals. This game doesn't stick in our collective memory because of its top-to-bottom skill; it wasn't Spain's best performance of the tournament (that would be against Italy or Germany) and we'd be lying if we told you France had even one good performance in its six dull appearances. No, it stands out because of a young man named Lamine Yamal .
The 16-year-old Spaniard shook off the nerves of the occasion and delivered one of the greatest goals in Euro history. Goal of the tournament. Goal of the summer.
Goal of the year, probably, and we've still got fall and winter to come. That's how good it was. Goal of the semi-finals ✅ Lamine Yamal's incredible strike wins it! #EUROGOTT | @AlipayPlus pic.
twitter.com/BMzFOgLEkG The men's Olympic soccer final, taking place in Paris on Friday, Aug. 9, is a rematch of that epic game: France and Spain will once again go head-to-head to battle for European supremacy.
But the similarities stop there. The men's Olympic soccer tournament is an under-23 affair, featuring young players who didn't make the cut for their senior.