Lamine Yamal still has to fulfill his schoolboy duties even though he is playing for Spain at EURO 2024.

After each practice session, Lamine Yamal takes advantage of his free time in the evening to do his assigned homework, via tablet.

“I’m still a high school student and have homework. Sometimes, teachers give me a lot of homework, but I still spend time every day to do it,” Lamine Yamal shared in an interview on the Spanish Football Federation’s homepage.

Lamine Yamal does his homework on a tablet.

 

Lamine Yamal does his homework on a tablet.

“If my teacher sees Spain reaching the quarter-finals or the round of 16, I’ll probably get less homework. But on my days off, I don’t know what extra work he’ll give me,” the 16-year-old Barca star said after completing an English assignment.

At 16 years and 338 days old, Yamal was in the starting lineup in his first EURO 2024 appearance against Croatia. He set a record as the youngest player to appear in the tournament’s history.

The youngster was brilliant, contributing to 2 of Spain’s 3 goals. In the situation where Fabian Ruiz doubled the gap, the 16-year-old talent dribbled skillfully and passed the ball to Alvaro Morata before the ball reached Ruiz. Yamal also constantly tormented the Croatian defense on the right wing.

According to statistics from Opta , Yamal had 5 tackles, successfully completed 3 out of 4 dribbles (second most in the match), created 3 scoring opportunities (most), had 3 shots (most) and had 1 assist.

At 2am tomorrow morning (June 21), Spain will have a big match with Italy. The winning team will get a ticket to the round of 16 of EURO with one match early.