Cristiano Ronaldo has hailed Lamine Yamal as a “phenomenon” while calling for the football world to “leave him alone”. Ronaldo, whose Portugal side beat Yamal’s Spain on penalties in the Nations League final on Sunday,

It might be a once-in-a-lifetime showdown: a legendary veteran against a teenage sensation on the grand stage of a final.

It was billed as Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lamine Yamal, a night when the baton would pass from one football superstar to the next, but when the decisive moment came in Portugal's UEFA Nations League final win against Spain,