Crescent International
After Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 finals, the losers went on a rampage.
They attacked Spain’s players in the most disgraceful display of hooliganism.
While football (soccer) fans are notorious for such conduct, seeing players misbehave was a real shocker.
Spain is a supporter of Palestinian rights while Argentina supports the zionist war criminals.
The match was also seen as a contest between Palestine and zionist Israel.
Spain’s victory was seen as a victory for Palestine, much to the chagrin of Argentina and their zionist backers.
When Argentine players attacked Spanish players, the latter responded and got into the brawl with the attackers.
One player, however, stood out: 19-year-old Lamine Yamal.
Instead of joining the fist fight, he knelt on the ground to offer prayers.
He is Muslim and displayed the kind of grace that only a Muslim can.
And then he did something even more graceful.
Yamal went over to a crying Lionel Messi, and hugged and consoled him.
Messi is 39 and this likely was his last appearance in a world tournament.
He really wanted to end his career with a victory.
This was not to be despite the referees favouring the Argentine team, both in the finals and even in earlier matches.
Yet Yamal showed grace.
He did not exult in his team’s victory nor did he insult the losers.
Who is Lamine Yamal?
He grew up in extreme poverty.
His mother, Sheila Ebana is from Equatorial Guinea.
His father, Mounir Nasraoui, is from a village in Morocco.
His mother worked as a waitress while his father collected scrap from garbage bins to sell.
Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana was born on July 13, 2007, in Esplugues de Llobregat in the Barcelona metropolitan area in Catalonia.
His family named him Lamine Yamal to honour two family friends, Lamine and Yamal, who helped his parents financially shortly before Yamal was born.
His name in Arabic is Al-Amin (trustworthy) and Jamal (beautiful) but in local dialect it has become Lamine Yamal.
At age 5, his parents separated and his mother went to live in Rocafonda, Catalonia.
It was, however, his paternal grandmother, Fatima, who played a key role in his upbringing, proving an anchor for the struggling family.
She had migrated from Tangier, Morocco, to Spain in 1990.
Like all grandmothers, she was instrumental in raising Yamal, managing his daily routine and ensuring he could attend training sessions.
Yamal started playing football at the local club La Torreta in Granollers at the age of four.
There was also a stroke of good luck involved.
His mother had met the daughter of the youth coordinator of CF La Torreta Club.
This is how Yamal was taken into the club.
His fees were waived because his mother could not afford them.
When a journalist asked Lamine how he manages to shoulder the huge responsibility of Spain’s team at such a young age, his anwer said it all.
“My mother gave birth to me at just 16 years old, it was a real pressure. My father brought me up by picking things up from the streets to feed the family, it was a pressure. I just wanted to play football.”
Lamine Yamal, only 19, has a long illustrious career ahead of him.
He is an inspiration for the youth worldwide.
And may he continue to show grace and lead a life of humility despite the fame that comes with such achievement, especially at a young age.
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