Bis repetita for Lamine Yamal. The Spanish prodigy of FC Barcelona, ​​who blew his 18 candles last July, won the Kopa trophy for the second year, rewarding the best player under the age of 21. A distinction that crosses an exceptional 2024-2025 season, confirming that it is already much more than a simple promise.
With Barça, the new number 10 shone in a thousand lights, directly contributing to a national hat -trick (Liga, King Cup, Super Cup). His statistics testify to his influence: 9 goals and 15 assists in the championship, to which are added 5 goals and 4 assists in the Champions League. An impressive regularity which propelled him to the rank of technical leader despite his very young age.
Under the Spain's jersey, Yamal has also taken a new dimension. Roja engine in the League of Nations, he marked a double resounding in the semi-finals against the French team, in a duel presented as a “final before time” against Ousmane Dembélé for the Ballon d'Or. If the title finally flew against Portugal to penalties, the Catalan striker definitively marked the spirits.
The Kopa trophy, how does it work?
The Kopa trophy has been awarded since 2018. It is based on three main criteria. The first, individual and collective performances (prize list), in the second the player's class, therefore the talent and his fair play and finally in the third criterion his faculty to register over time.
They were ten on the starting line: Ayyoub Bouaddi (FRA, Lille), Pau Cubarsi (ESP, FC Barcelona), Désiré Doué (Fra, Paris SG), Estevao (Bre, Palmeiras), Dean Huisjen (ESP, Bournemouth), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Ang, Arsenal), Rodrigo Mora (Pro, Porto) (Por, Porto) Paris SG), Lamine Yamal (ESP, Barcelona), Kenan Yildiz (Tur, Juventus). To decide between the nominees, the jury is composed exclusively of former winners of the Ballon d'Or.
