
He is living every teenager's biggest dream. Lamin Yamal is the main face of EURO 2024. Not only for the Spanish national team, but also for the entire competition.
Just before he turned 17, the youngest scorer in the history of the Euros, the "kid" from Barcelona, made the whole planet talk about the historic goal he achieved against France in the semi-finals. On Tuesday evening, after sending the ball into the "turkeys" net in the 21st minute of the match, he ran towards his team's bench celebrating with his teammates.
As part of his celebration, he forms a 3, a 0, and a 4 with his fingers (304). And this for a touching reason. These are the last three digits of the postal code of the Rocafonda neighborhood (08304), one of the poorest neighborhoods in Catalonia, which the far-right VOX called "multicultural garbage".
Yamal grew up in Rocafonda. Most of his family still lives there. In fact, outside a small bakery, until recently run by his cousins and Abdul's uncle, is a mural of Yamal wearing a Barcelona jersey, surrounded by the flags of Morocco (his father's country of origin ) of Equatorial Guinea (his mother) and Spain, where he was born.
Rocafonda is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Maresme area of Barcelona. According to INE [instituto nacional de statistics] almost half of the families living there are in extreme poverty.
Nas commemorações de gols, Lamine Yamal faz um "304" com as mãos.
— DataFut (@DataFutebol) July 10, 2024
O significado do 304?
Esse número representa os digits finales do código postal do seu bairro, Rocafonda. Que é considerados uma das áreas mais pobres da Catalunha.
Essa área inclusive, já foi classificada como… pic.twitter.com/KWmkN0ICK4
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