MADRID (AP) — About to make history as the youngest player in the Spanish league, 15-year-old Luka Romero’s heart was racing.
“Going at 3,000 kph,” said Mallorca coach Vicente Moreno, who touched Romero’s chest.
Dubbed by local media as the “new Messi” and the “Mexican Messi,” Romero was about to make his professional debut and break an 80-year-old league record.
The attacking midfielder — born in Mexico of Argentine parents — is a few weeks younger than Francisco “Sansón” Bao Rodríguez was when he set the age record by debuting with Celta Vigo in the 1939-40 season.