The walk was still slightly high for the Barcelona crack. At just 18 years old, Lamine Yamal ended an incredible second place in the 2025 Golden Ball classification, behind Ousmane Dembélé, a big favorite in the queen category. A frustrating coronation for Catalan supporters, but unanimous according to the editor of chief France Football Vincent Garcia: “There was no match. Ousmane won it quite largely. »»
Nevertheless, the Spaniard does not leave their hands empty of Paris. Yamal won, very logically, the Kopa trophy rewarding the best 21 -year -old player at the opening of the evening. A second victory in a row in a category that he flies over, before the Parisians Désiré Doué and Joao Neves.
“You have to climb to get to the top”
If he has not won the Ballon d'Or, Lamine Yamal does not have it bad. On the contrary. The player seems determined to redouble their efforts and did not fail in class by congratulating the winner Ousmane Dembélé for his victory, on Instagram. “” God's plan is perfect, you have to climb to get to the top. Happy for the 2nd Kopa trophy and congratulations to Ousmane Dembélé for his prize and his beautiful season ”, Can we read on your post.