A teenage star, broken records and goals galore - the European Championship has packed plenty into its first two days.
Only four games have been played at Euro 2024, but it has been an exhilarating start to the tournament.
It was no surprise, therefore, that Gary Lineker began the half-time BBC coverage of Italy's win over Albania by praising the first two days of action. The 16 goals scored is the most at this point of a European Championship or World Cup since Euro 1976. Only at Euro 2004, when it happened in four matches, have there been more games featuring three or more first-half goals.Spain's victory over Croatia was impressive in itself, but 16-year-old Lamine Yamal made history by becoming the youngest man to play at a European Championship.With an average age of only 26 years and 287 days, Italy named their youngest Euros starting line-up since 1988.
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