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Keyne sprinted across the field after the final whistle and leaped into the teenage star’s arms, creating one of the tournament’s most memorable celebrations.

Of all the images to come out of Spain’s World Cup triumph on Sunday, the one traveling fastest has nothing to do with the trophy. It’s a 3-year-old in a red jersey sprinting across the pitch and leaping into his big brother’s arms.

That was Keyne, the youngest sibling of 19-year-old Lamine Yamal, who reached the field at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford after Spain’s win over Argentina. PEOPLE reported that footage shared by FOX Sports captured the toddler clapping and racing toward Yamal while clutching a piece of the World Cup goal net as a souvenir, before the teenager scooped him up in a hug.

It was hardly the first time the pair had turned a postmatch celebration into a family moment. Just days earlier, following Spain’s semifinal win over France in Arlington, Texas, Keyne was filmed weaving through the stands at Dallas Stadium to find his brother, arms outstretched, before the two headed up through the crowd together as fans offered congratulations. According to PEOPLE, their bond has become a fixture of Yamal’s appearances since he broke through at Barcelona in 2023.

Keyne is one of Yamal’s two half-siblings, alongside sister Baraa. He is the son of Yamal’s mother, Sheila Ebana, who separated from the player’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, in 2007 and later remarried, welcoming Keyne in September 2022.

The celebration capped a final that Spain controlled without much reward for long stretches. Per figures cited by PEOPLE from ESPN, Spain generated 12 shots on goal to Argentina’s zero, yet the match stayed scoreless through regulation. The breakthrough finally arrived in the 106th minute of extra time, when forward Ferran Torres beat Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez to settle it 1-0.

The result gives Spain its first World Cup title since 2010, when the side beat the Netherlands, and it came in Yamal’s tournament debut, an entrance about as memorable as they come. For all the significance of the win, though, the image likely to endure is the smallest one on the field, screaming with joy and refusing to let go.