Spain’s starboy! 16-year-old Lamine Yamal scores beautiful solo goal against Cyprus to make it two goals in three matches for La Roja

Yamal opened the scoring for Spain against Cyprus on Thursday, as he pounced on a rebound, beat both the goalkeeper and the last defender, and scored coolly past the legs of a flailing second defender. At the age of 16, he now has two international goals under his belt in three caps.

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Yamal has emerged as the next La Masia graduate at Barcelona, making 18 appearances and scoring once, while also providing three assists for the Catalan giants. An explosive winger who can play on both sides, he is playing at a level that belies his tender age.

Yes. Their game against Cyprus is not exactly a dead rubber, though, as they are still battling with Scotland to qualify as group winners. Yamal and his team-mates will be heading to Germany next summer, however.

Spain play Georgia on Sunday. Yamal will hope to be involved there too, as he bids to further enhance his burgeoning reputation.