He was the face of Spain’s victory at Euro 2024. 16-year-old Lamine Yamal is the present and the future of la Roja, the Spanish football team.
Every time he scores he shows the number 304 with his hands. It’s the postal code of La Rocafonda, where he grew up. La Rocafonda is a working-class and multicultural neighbourhood of Mataro, a city north of Barcelona.
And for Vox, the Spanish ultra-nationalist and conservative party, la Rocafonda is a “multicultural shithole”.
@streetpress went to La Rocafonda to tell the story of this neighbourhood, one of the poorest in Catalonia. This shortdoc is part of our “Stories Breaking Borders” series. To watch other films in the series, check out our channel.
