Pepe and Yamal break Champions League knockout stage age records

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Pepe and Yamal break Champions League knockout stage age records

Pepe is still many a striker's nightmare
Pepe is still many a striker's nightmareProfimedia
On Wednesday night, FC Porto managed a 1-0 win over Arsenal in extremis and Barcelona fell short of a 1-1 draw on a visit to Napoli. For the Portuguese, almost 41-year-old central defender Pepe played the full 90 minutes. Meanwhile, Lamine Yamal played 80 minutes for Barça - he is 16 years old.

Pepe played 10 seasons for Real Madrid from 2007, with whom he won the Champions League three times. After two seasons at Besiktas, he decided to return to FC Porto, where he had previously been under contract for three seasons.

In four days, he will turn 41 and on Wednesday he became the oldest-ever outfield player in a starting line-up during the Champions League knockout stage.

Yamal became the youngest-ever player in the knockout phase of Europe's biggest tournament in Naples. The teenager made his debut in Barcelona's main squad 10 months ago and has since played four international matches (two goals) for the Spanish national team.

He was already the youngest Barça player since 1922 and the youngest-ever starter for the club in La Liga. He also became the youngest international and the youngest goal scorer for Spain.

Yamal in action for Barça
Yamal in action for BarçaProfimedia

When Pepe played his first game in the knockout phase of the Champions League in March 2005, it would be another two years before Yamal was born in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona.

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