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At 19 years and 6 days old, Lamine Yamal becomes the third youngest player to start a World Cup final, behind Pelé (17 years and 249 days in 1958) and Giuseppe Bergomi (18 years and 201 days in 1982).
At 19 years and 6 days old, Lamine Yamal becomes the third youngest player to start in a World Cup final, behind Pelé (17 years and 249 days in 1958) and Giuseppe Bergomi (18 years and 201 days in 1982).
His teammate Pau Cubarsí (19 years and 178 days) also becomes the fifth youngest player to start in a World Cup final, after Pelé, Bergomi, and Kylian Mbappé (19 years and 207 days in 2018).
The three previous young starters in a final (Pelé, Bergomi, and Mbappé) all won the trophy in that same edition.
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