In the 21st minute of the big match between Spain and France in the quarter-finals of EURO 2024 , Lamine Yamal scored a spectacular goal against the French team. Starting from a central pass of “La Roja”, the ball reached Yamal’s feet at a distance of about 25m, while in front of this young star were 5 French players.

After a moment of hesitation, Yamal fooled the entire French defense. The player born in 2007 then finished with an extremely spectacular left foot, leaving goalkeeper Mike Mignan as an unwilling spectator.

That masterpiece came at an extremely important moment when Spain was trailing France. It was Yamal’s goal that became the premise for the spectacular comeback of “La Roja” when 4 minutes later Dani Olmo sealed the 2-1 victory for Spain.

After the match, France coach Didier Deschamps angrily said that Yamal’s 10-point goal was just luck. But the European Football Federation (UEFA) did not think so. They honored this masterpiece as the best goal of EURO 2024.

Previously, the most promising candidate was Jude Bellingham’s 90+5 minute overhead kick, which he scored for England against Slovakia in the round of 16. Bellingham’s goal had even greater significance when England were behind and seemed to have lost.

England’s other two goals at EURO 2016, Bukayo Saka against Switzerland and Cole Palmer against Spain in the final, were also great goals. However, they all fell short against Yamal.