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| - Barcelona's Pedri became Spain's youngest ever debutant at a European Championship after he was picked to start their Group E opener against Sweden on Monday. Pedri, aged 18 years, six months and 18 days, was selected in the midfield trio by Spanish coach Luis Enrique, alongside Manchester City's Rodri and Koke of Atletico Madrid. Aymeric Laporte partnered Pau Torres in central defence while Gerard Moreno was left on the bench, despite his superb form last season for Villarreal. Sweden started with Real Sociedad's 21-year-old Alexander Isak up front on the back of his 17 goals in La Liga last term. Isak partners the 34-year-old Marcus Berg in the Swedish attack. Starting line-ups: Spain (4-3-3) Unai Simon; Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Torres, Jordi Alba (capt); Koke, Rodri, Pedri; Ferran Torres, Alvaro Morata, Daniel Olmo Coach: Luis Enrique (ESP) Sweden (4-4-2) Robin Olsen; Mikael Lustig, Markus Danielsson, Victor Lindelof, Ludwig Augustinsson; Sebastian Larsson (capt), Albin Ekdal, Kristoffer Olsson, Emil Forsberg; Marcus Berg, Alexander Isak Coach: Janne Andersson (SWE) Referee: Slavko Vincic (SLO) ta/jc
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