Yamal aims to steal Mbappe’s World Cup thunder in semifinal showdown

Yamal aims to steal Mbappe’s World Cup thunder in semifinal showdown

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

Lamine Yamal is hoping to emulate Kylian Mbappe by winning the World Cup as a teenager, but first his Spain side will have to get the better of France and their superstar captain in Tuesday’s semi-final.

He therefore became only the second teenager to score in a World Cup final after a 17-year-old Pele in 1958.

Mbappe has the greater experience, has already won the World Cup and is confident speaking publicly in English – those factors help make him one of the faces of this tournament in the US.

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