BURGLARS targeted Lamine Yamal’s luxury home, according to reports, while the teenage superstar was thousands of miles away helping Spain beat France to reach the World Cup final.
The Barcelona wonderkid’s private security team foiled the attempted raid after spotting two hooded intruders scaling the perimeter wall on CCTV in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to Spanish outlet El Español.
The pair reportedly fled empty-handed after the alarm was raised.
Catalan police have since launched an investigation into the attempted break-in, with detectives probing whether the suspects were also linked to a string of other attempted burglaries in the exclusive neighbourhood that same night.
Yamal, 19, was in Dallas at the time, starring in Spain’s 2-0 victory over France to book their place in Sunday’s World Cup final.
His home in Esplugues de Llobregat, on the outskirts of Barcelona, was previously owned by former Barca defender Gerard Pique and pop superstar Shakira.
La Roja had gone into the match in Dallas as the underdogs, with France widely fancied to reach a third consecutive World Cup final after swatting aside Sweden, Paraguay and Morocco in style during the knockout stages.
But Spain showed exactly why they are reigning European champions, nullifying Les Bleus’ star-studded forward line and mounting a formidable attack of their own.
Luis de la Fuente’s side controlled the game from start to finish, with goals from Mikel Oyarzabal, courtesy of a penalty won by 19-year-old Lamine Yamal, and Tottenham Hotspur’s Pedro Perro sealing a dominant 2-0 victory.
In truth, the scoreline flattered France, who brought the curtain down on coach Didier Deschamps’s reign with a whimper.
Spain will find out their opponents in the final in New York tomorrow evening, when England battle it out against Argentina in Atalanta.
A win for the Three Lions would set-up a rematch of the Euro final in Berlin two years ago.
On that occasion, goals from Nico Williams and Oyarzabal broke English hearts as Spain won 2-1.
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