People play in a soccer court in a park at the Rocafonda neighbourhood, where soccer player Lamine Yamal grew up, in Mataro, north of Barcelona, Spain, July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Albert Gea
MATARO, Spain (Reuters) - In the working-class, multi-ethnic Barcelona suburb where Lamine Yamal grew up, the stunning rise of Spain's soccer wonderkid in the European Championship generates both intense pride and hope.
The Barcelona winger, who turns 17 on Saturday, celebrates his goals gesturing 304 with his fingers in a nod to the 08304 postal code of the Rocafonda neighbourhood, in the coastal city of Mataro, where he grew up and where his father and grandmother live.
