Ferran Torres jokes about reporting Lamine Yamal to police after Euro 2024

Yamal and Torres, both Barcelona teammates, aim to lead Spain to victory in Germany. Spain advanced to the last-16 of Euro 2024 with a perfect group stage record.

Chirag

June 28, 2024

Ferran Torres Teases Lamine Yamal — Michael Regan - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images

Yamal and Torres, teammates at Barcelona, are currently aiming to guide their nation to victory in Germany. They’ve made significant strides, with Spain being the only team to advance to the last-16 with a flawless record in the group stage.

Yamal, setting records in his debut senior tournament, has impressed Torres, who told The Guardian about his young teammate’s achievements: “He should be banned. What this kid is doing at 16 years of age!”

Torres also commented on reports suggesting Spain could face fines for playing Yamal after 11pm local time due to German labor laws barring under-18s from working late: “I’ll report him to the police after 14 July. Let him help us win it first. I didn’t know that; I’m going to go and tell him now, wind him up: there’s a joke to be played here. Off the pitch, we spend all day, all together: there aren’t groups. I play darts. I learned in Manchester with Phil Foden and all that lot. I’m not bad, but not as good as them: they’ve been playing years; in the pub with the beer.”

Spain’s team spirit is high, with Torres emphasizing their collective determination to succeed: “I don’t watch a lot of football normally but at the Euros I am because they are opponents we could face. We watched Georgia against Portugal. We beat Georgia 7-1 and 3-1 in qualification but those results are a bit false and things change now. The group is finished. We can expect anything. And we’re going to take it game by game. If we get to the 90th minute against Georgia and we’ve won then OK. Now you just have to win, any way you can. God willing on 15 July everyone everywhere says we played like shit and won it.”

Spain faces Georgia in the last-16 on Sunday in Cologne. Having previously won the European Championship in 2008 and 2012, with a World Cup victory in between, Spain believes they have the talent to dominate Europe once more.