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Ansu Fati makes more history on Spain debut

Ansu Fati made more history on Thursday when he came off the bench to make his debut for the Spain national team against Germany.

The Barcelona starlet replaced Jesus Navas at half-time to become the second youngest player ever to debut for Spain and the youngest in 84 years.

Fati was just 17 years and 309 days when he took to the pitch:

17-year-old Ansu Fati makes his Spain debut u2728

He’s the youngest player to represent Spain since 1936. pic.twitter.com/AZqFJU1uaL— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 3, 2020

Ansu almost grabbed a debut goal too, finishing neatly from a Dani Carvajal cross but his effort was ruled out for offside.