In December 2022, a 15-year-old boy was kissing Morocco’s crest in a locker room and celebrating Spain’s elimination at the Qatar World Cup. That boy was Lamine Yamal. 😮 That video went viral again in July 2024, just when that same player, now 17, was giving Spain its fourth European Championship against England.
For many, the sequence is simple: if you celebrated Spain losing, you cannot present yourself as its hero two years later. 🔥 For others, the matter is just as clear: Yamal has a Moroccan father, he was 15 years old, and celebrating with your other national team at that moment does not make you a traitor to anything.
Is a player’s identity defined by a celebration at 15, or by what he does when the moment of truth arrives? 👇
