Spain’s 16-year-old wonderkid Lamine Yamal scored his second international goal as his already qualified side beat Cyprus in Euro 2024 qualifying.
The Barcelona player became Spain’s youngest player and scorer in a 7-1 qualifying win against Georgia in September.
On Thursday, he rounded the goalkeeper before slamming home an early opener after a 22-pass move against Cyprus.
Mikel Oyarzabal and Joselu put Spain in control before Kostas Pileas struck.
Spain are two points above Scotland at the top of Group A going into Sunday’s final game with Georgia.
Line-ups
Cyprus
Formation 5-4-1
- 22Mall
- 16Andreou
- 2KaroBooked at 59minsSubstituted forKousoulosat 66′minutesBooked at 77mins
- 6Gogic
- 19Laifis
- 4Ioannou
- 12KyriakouSubstituted forCharalampousat 45′minutes
- 3KyprianouSubstituted forSpoljaricat 45′minutesBooked at 87mins
- 20Kastanos
- 7CorreiaBooked at 17minsSubstituted forPileasat 45′minutes
- 9PittasSubstituted forKakoullisat 60′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Panayi
- 5Charalampous
- 8Kousoulos
- 10Loizou
- 11Kakoullis
- 13Demetriou
- 14Pileas
- 15Spoljaric
- 17Panagiotou
- 18Panayiotou Filiotis
- 21Gavriel
- 23Ilia
Spain
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Raya
- 22NavasSubstituted forCarvajalat 66′minutes
- 3Le NormandSubstituted forGarcíaat 45′minutes
- 4P Torres
- 2Grimaldo
- 9Gavi
- 18Zubimendi
- 6MerinoSubstituted forGarcíaat 45′minutes
- 17YamalSubstituted forF Torresat 73′minutes
- 12Joselu
- 21OyarzabalSubstituted forRiquelmeat 40′minutesBooked at 82mins
Substitutes
- 5Martínez
- 7Morata
- 8Ruiz
- 10Nico Williams
- 11F Torres
- 13Remiro
- 14García
- 15García
- 16Riquelme
- 19Sancet
- 20Carvajal
- 23Simón
Live Text
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Match ends, Cyprus 1, Spain 3.
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Second Half ends, Cyprus 1, Spain 3.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Kostas Pileas (Cyprus).
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Attempt blocked. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ioannis Kousoulos.
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Foul by Dani Carvajal (Spain).
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Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Danilo Spoljaric (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Gavi (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Danilo Spoljaric (Cyprus).
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Ferran Torres (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus).
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Rodrigo Riquelme (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Offside, Cyprus. Charalampos Charalampous tries a through ball, but Andronikos Kakoullis is caught offside.
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Offside, Spain. Rodrigo Riquelme tries a through ball, but Joselu is caught offside.
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VAR Decision: Goal Cyprus – Cyprus 1-3 Spain (Kostas Pileas).
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Ioannis Kousoulos (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card.
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Goal! Cyprus 1, Spain 3. Kostas Pileas (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous with a through ball.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
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Hand ball by Gavi (Spain).
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Attempt missed. Rodrigo Riquelme (Spain) right footed shot from long range on the left is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aleix García.