Daniel McDonnell: All Kylian Mbappe could do was stand back and watch the mastery of boy wonder Lamine Yamal
European Championship semi-final: Spain 2, France 1
Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates after his side's victory over France in Munich. Photo: Leonhard Simon/Reuters
In an instant, Kylian Mbappe was reduced to best supporting actor in a game where he was supposed to be the star.
All he could do was stand back and watch as Lamine Yamal wheeled away in celebration, the boy doing incredible things in a man’s world. This Euro 2024 semi-final was just 21 minutes old, but this was a moment of extreme significance, the picture to cap the first chapter of Yamal’s remarkable story.
