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Barcelona vs Sevilla

Barcelona winger Raphinha was forced off after pulling up with a muscle problem and his replacement, Fermin Lopez, had a golden opportunity to score within a minute of coming on. Lopez sparked a flowing move and found Lamine Yamal on the right, who returned the favour to Lopez who had made a clever run into the box, and with the whole goal to aim at, struck straight at the goalkeeper from close range. Barcelona were more direct in the second half as they tried to break down a stubborn Sevilla defence. Robert Lewandowski had the chance to put the hosts ahead but his close-range effort was saved by the legs of Orjan Nyland. That was the closest they had come until Ramos, of all players, turned the ball into his own net to give Barcelona the lead with ten minutes on the clock. Yamal did excellently at the back post from Ferran Torres’ cross when he attempted to head the ball back across goal for the waiting Lopez, and his hard work paid off as the ball dropped to Ramos' feet, who coul

Lamine Yamal shines in Spain's national team.

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 Lamine Yamal becomes youngest player to score in a European qualifier as Spain rout Georgia 7-1 Yamal's strike in the 74th minute also saw him make history as Spain's youngest goal scorer. Gavi had previously set the record at 17 years and 10 months. Yamal’s strike in the 74th minute also saw him make history as Spain’s youngest goal scorer. Gavi had previously set the record at 17 years and 10 months. Yamal had come on as a first-half substitute to become the youngest player to appear for Spain, a record also previously held by Gavi in 2021 when he was 17 years and 62 days. Yamal’s record-breaking night overshadowed Alvaro Morata’s hat trick in the rout against Georgia. Spain took a 4-0 lead inside 40 minutes at Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi to move up to second in Group A on six points after three games. Scotland, which beat Cyprus 3-0, leads the group on 15 points after winning all five of its games so far. Morata opened the scoring for Spain in the 22nd and got his se