Lamine Yamal of Spain became the youngest goal scorer in men’s European Championship history on Tuesday with an amazing equalising strike against France. 

Yamal, only 16 years and 361 days old, knotted the score 1-0 against Spain by deftly curling a perfectly timed shot from outside France’s 18-yard box well inside the post. 

Yamal, a Barcelona player in Spain’s La Liga, has taken part in every game for his nation and been a major contributor to its offensive production in his first big tournament. 

Being the youngest player to ever participate in a European Championship, he established another age record at the beginning of the tournament with his group stage debut against Croatia.

Spain booked their place in the final of the European Championship after seeing off France in the semi-finals. Luis de la Fuente’s side, which includes Carvajal, Nacho and Joselu, will be looking to secure the trophy at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday against the winners of Netherlands-England (9 pm CEST). 

Nacho, Tchouameni and Mbappé were named in the starting line-up, while Camavinga came on in the 63rd minute. Carvajal was suspended and Joselu and Mendy did not feature.France took the lead when Kolo Muani headed in a terrific cross from Mbappé (9′). But Spain turned the score around with two goals in less than five minutes. First Lamine Yamal struck from outside the box (21′) and shortly after Dani Olmo made it 2-1 after Koundé deflected the ball in as he tried to turn the shot away (25′).