• Chronicle Spain crushes Georgia and finds some peace in the middle of the storm

The Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi is already part of the history of Spanish football. There the selection has achieved one of the most comfortable triumphs ever and there, with the left, Lamine Yamal has become the youngest player to score with the absolute. The teenager from La Masia crowned the afternoon of Luis de la Fuente's team by scoring the seventh goal of a surprisingly placid encounter for Spain. Two years ago, in the same field, the selection suffered to win 1-2 with a goal from Dani Olmo in the 92nd minute. This time the day was different.

In just one hour, Álvaro Morata, protagonist of the week in Las Rozas after reading the statement of the dressing room supporting the teammates of the selection and calling the performance of Luis Rubiales "unacceptable", scored a hat-trick that placed him two goals behind David Silva in the fight for the fourth place of historical scorers of the selection. He accumulates 33 and only has ahead of the Canary, Fernando Torres (38), Raúl González (44) and David Villa (59), classics of Spanish football. Spain's goal is named after him.

An extraordinary start to the season for the striker, questioned for months with Atletico and the absolute. "When you have great players next to you you can score more goals," he said after the match, acknowledging that he was going to make "some gift" to Fabián for the assistance of his second goal. "Hopefully we will continue like this. I am happy and I thank my teammates. In my second goal Fabián could have shot and he was generous. I'll invite him to lunch or give him a gift," he joked.

The last visit to Tbilisi was very present in a dressing room that saw this match as vital for the qualification for the next Euro. After the defeat against a Scotland that remains undefeated, winning in Georgia was key to the future of the group. "Last time we won here with a goal in the last minute and it was fundamental. The teams are going to suffer a lot here," said the striker.

The 1-7 is Spain's biggest away win since the 0-8 win at Liechtenstein in 2017 and Georgia's worst defeat at home. An afternoon of records to which Nico Williams joined, who scored the 1-6, the 1,500th goal in the history of the selection.

But the media focus was on Yamal, who at 16 years and 57 days sneaked into the books of world football. His left-footed shot in the rain of Tbilisi made him the youngest to score with any European team in any type of match in the last 117 years, according to the data offered by Mister Chip. Since October 7, 1906, someone of such an early age had not scored. He is also one of the youngest debutants in history, although not the first on the list. Martin Odegaard participated with Norway at 15 years and 254 days, Enes Sali with Turkey at 15 and 266 and Vincent Thill with Luxembourg at 16 and 51.

The Blaugrana striker thus maintains the idyll of La Masia with the national team. Right now, the youngest scorers with Spain are him, Gavi, who scored at 17 years and 304 days, and Ansu Fati, who did it at 17 and 311 days. "I'm living a dream, very happy. Thanks to the coach, the teammates and all those who have helped me along the way, "he said in the mixed zone with a speech more typical of an adult than a child.

The young footballer, born in Esplugas de Llobregat, chose to play for Spain rather than Morocco, his father's birthplace, and it seems that it has gone well. "I am satisfied with the decision. Very happy. I have a long way to go with Spain, I'm sure we'll do a lot of things together."

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