Two leading members of the first-team ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona on Saturday evening secured for themselves noteworthy individual milestones.
This came as world champions Spain continued their remarkable unbeaten stretch on the international front.
Luis de la Fuente’s troops made the trip to Wembley a short time ago, for a Nations League meeting with England. When all was said and done, La Roja emerged on the right side of the result, recovering from a goal down to triumph by three goals to two.
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal was responsible for opening the scoring in London, after catching Marc Guéhi napping in possession early on. And in the process, the prodigious young winger secured for himself a piece of recent history…
As revealed by statisticians Opta:
‘At 19 years and 75 days, Lamine Yamal has become the youngest player to score against England in a competitive match at Wembley in the last 20 years.’
And Lamine was not the only Barca star to emerge from Wembley with reason to remember this evening’s fixture fondly…
Introduced off the bench during the 2nd-half, Blaugrana midfielder Pedri hit a personal milestone on the international front, with his 50th appearance in the famed red of Spain.
Conor Laird – GSFN
