Gakpo will take loads of the headlines, as will Malen, and rightly so.
However, someplace in between, Xavi Simons was distinctive. He offered the help for the primary and third objectives and, whereas they had been each extra in regards to the particular person brilliance that adopted, they had been key contributions all the identical.
In offering two assists, he grew to become the second youngest participant (21 years and 72 days) to supply a pair of assists in the identical European Championship knockout match. He’s really simply 19 days older than Cesc Fabregas was when he offered two assists in opposition to Russia within the semi-final of Euro 2008 in opposition to Russia.