Hlong ago that the protocols of protection of minors They are activated in the absolute Spanish team. Everything that the law requires was activated when Luis Enrique included Gavi, 17 years old, in the expedition to the Final Four in Milan. Since then, only the lists between the months of September 2022 and 2023 have been exempt from this surveillance of a minor.
In this Euro Cup, Lamine Yamal He is the only underage player in the competition, something that will be repeated in the 2026 World Cup, where if all goes well he will attend at the age of 17. To be in the Euro, his parents had to sign a good bunch of authorizations, both for the Federation and for UEFA. This is what the law establishes for any minor who leaves Spain without his parents. The two entities maintain special vigilance in everything surrounding the protection of minors in their areas and competitions.
Being a minor does not prevent the Spanish winger from exposing himself to the media. The Spanish team is the only one in the tournament that constantly facilitates individual interviews. Lamine Yamal It is not exempt, but you do do them under special conditions.
Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams ‘sting each other’ in the mixed zone: “This week is going to be a bit heavy”
In every interview he gives he is accompanied by one tutor of the Federation, in most cases Nuria Martínezselection delegate.
In the mixed zone of Colonia, the 19th of Spain had several stops. By your side always, Rafa Zapateromember of the RFEF communication team, attentive to questions and answers from a child who is increasingly confident in front of microphones.
It is an obligation, because Lamine Yamal, as a minor, cannot be left alone in any closed space alone with an adult. There are at least two who must be with him. That, for example, implies that if De la Fuente wants to have a talk with him in a room, she must do so with a witness present.
Rodri: “Nico and Lamine infect us with their youth and innocence”
Javier López Vallejo, selection psychologist, is very attentive to Lamine Yamal and his behaviors. Studies are a fundamental part. It’s not that he is a boy with a special attachment to books, but during the Euro he passed the ESO exams after passing the exams from the hotel in Donaueschigen.
He prepared for these tests during the course. At the March rally, upon returning from London, From the source He gave a few hours off. Those responsible for the Federation asked the two minors what they wanted to do, because if they went out they had to be accompanied. Pau Cubarsi He said that he knew he was staying at the Las Rozas residence because he had homework to do. TO Lamine Yamal He didn’t like the plan very much, but he took out the books and stayed too.
Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal’s ‘rock, paper, scissors’… for a bottle!
Inseparable from Nico Williams since he arrived at the national team, Lamine Yamal Always travel with your hood up. A kind of mania. The two spend the day picking on each other, challenging each other, laughing. “Children’s things,” say the veterans.
What is most difficult for Lamine Yamal It’s gym hours. “He doesn’t like it very much,” they say from inside. What he really likes is the ball, feeling free on the field dribbling, feeling like the child who still sits with his friends on the benches in his neighborhood and with whom he still plays games.
De la Fuente: “I don’t know German law, but Lamine will continue playing at eleven at night”
