Lamine Yamal comes to Spain's rescue with his first major World Cup performance

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Only Pelé had managed to score the first goal of a World Cup match at 18 years old or younger. Until Lamine Yamal arrived. The Rocafonda genius took charge of scoring Spain's first goal in their thrashing of Saudi Arabia in Atlanta (4-0), a match where Luis de la Fuente's team shook off the bad feelings from their weak debut against Cape Verde. If against the Africans Spain couldn't score a single goal, against the Saudis they already had three in 25 minutes. Between Lamine Yamal and a brilliant Mikel Oyarzabal, Spain thrashed their opponents in a match that gradually faded as the minutes passed, as Luis De la Fuente's team had quickly finished the job. Lamine Yamal, in fact, was substituted at halftime to protect him, as the future of the national team in the World Cup depends heavily on him.