Lamine Yamal is a golden ball candidate, the world’s best football player 2025

BRATISLAVA. Every time it scores, he lifts his fingers and signs the number 304 – postal code of rocafonds, a modest Catalan district where he grew up,

Legendary Xavi said he could define a whole one era. « Lamine Yamal is a talent that appears every fifty years, and seeing him closely made a big impression on me, » admitted Inter Milan coach Simone Insaghi.

« He made us huge problems, we wanted to double it, but it wasn’t enough, » Insaghi added.

Hansi Flick, who leads a miraculous boy in Barcelona today, added:

« If it’s only every 50 years, I’m glad it’s in Barcelona, » the German coach continued.

He created a team from Barcelona to enchant the world today. It is full of youngsters who could introduce themselves in June at the European Championships under 21 years of age organized by Slovakia.

And the most of all the Yamal shines. On Thursday evening at the 36th round of La Liga Barcelona won the city rival Espanyol 2: 0 and two rounds before the end sealed the title. And Yamal was again a man of the match. He scored a famous goal, passed on the second.

« Lamin’s league, » he reported in the headline of AS.

« Sit back comfortably and enjoy! The incredible Yamala goal that brought the title. »

The photograph of an exceptional young man was dominated, his hands were stuck and his tongue scared.

Also the daily Marc, who keeps his fingers crossed for Real Madrid: « The season of Lamine Yamal was stratospheric. From the first to the last day. It was his league and it couldn’t be no one else who would put the cherry on the cake of this championship. »

Barcelona won three big trophies (La Liga, Spanish Cup, Super Cup) this season and the young man’s contribution was more than essential.

« I’ve once said, but he is simply a genius. One thing is to watch it from a distance live, but only in repeated shots you will notice all the incredible details in his game, » Hansi Flick poem.

Touched the football god

European champion and famous defender Real Madrid Dani Carvajal added:

« He’s still a child, but with talent who only have chosen. As if he was touched by the football god. »

Most of his peers only play for the youth, but he is one of the best in the world. Or is he already the best?

« If the football world is fair, Yamal should win a gold ball this season. There is currently no other player in the world to be as decisive as him, » said Joan Vehils from Sport.es. Yes, a guy from the Catalan media claims it, which can reduce objectivity. But he is not alone.

« He is at a much higher level than any other player in the five best leagues. I don’t know if there is an exciting player who could be viewed live at the stadium. In addition to statistics, it is about what you see with your own eyes. The legendary Manchester United player does not hesitate:

The youngest winner

« He must win the golden ball. There are other players who scored more goals, but football is not just about numbers.

It’s about what you see, the feeling that the player evokes, and the influence he has at the stadium and at home. About how to keep people on the sofas or force them to jump out of them, « added one of the best defenders in the history and winner of the 2008 Champions League.

In 1997, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, known as the « O Fenómen », won the Golden Ball and enrolled in history as the youngest holder of this prize. Brazilian was 21 years old and 3 months. He triumphed thanks to his performance in the Barcelona jersey, scoring 47 goals (49 matches) in the 1996/1997 season. He has already received the prize as an Inter Milan player.

« Practically three decades later, if justice is done, the highest individual award for a football player will receive a young man who has not yet achieved majority, » wrote El Mundo Deportivo.

The winner of the Golden Ball (award for the best player of the world per year) will be announced in the fall, Yamal will only have eighteen.

Capello: I’d vote for Yamala

Miraculous Englishman Michael Owen won this award when he was 22 years and 4 days. Up to the third is Lionel Messi: 22 days and 157 days. Cristiano Ronaldo is sixth in the statistics of the youngest awarded: 23 years and 299 days.

« Lamine Yamal is a high -quality player and can still improve, but I don’t consider it a phenomenon. Messi or Maradon was doing things that no one could imagine, but I can’t compare it at the moment, » thinks Fabio Capello, former Real Madrid coach, Juventus, AC Milan, or English.

Despite these statements, according to Capella, Lamine Yamal must be the winner of the Golden Ball at the end of the year.

« I would vote for Yamala. My voices would be: Vinicius Mbappé, but first of all Lamine Yamal, » one of the best coaches in football history said.

The son of the Equatorial Guinea and Morocco -building painter was awarded the Golden Boy 2024 (Golden Boy) for the best player under 21 years of age in Europe last year.

He was already eighth

At the age of 17 and four months, he became the youngest holder of this award.

In the fight for the golden ball he finished eighth. His countryman Rodri, who was the leader of the European Champions from Spain, won. « Few people have such quality, so incredible abilities. He has something that distinguishes it from others, » Rodri said to Yamala.

Recently, Lamine has also shown natural leadership abilities that are unprecedented at this level at a 17-year-old boy. The young man took the team on his shoulders in unfavorable situations and led Barcelona. In matches that passes with passion the whole world, such as the Champions League semi -final or derby against Real Madrid.

« To describe what Lamine is doing in every match, there is not enough adjectives. It is always decisive and in most cases in the most important matches, » added Marca.

Yamal scored seventeen goals this season, 21 another. Also in Barcelona are two significantly better shooters than him, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.

Yamal’s main advantages are elsewhere. Among the best leagues of the world, he has the most successful dribbles. He has the most assists in La Liga and created the most goal chances for his teammates.

Incredible influence

Yamal is not just an incredible dribbler and a player with refined technology. He also makes great decisions and has an incredible impact on the final third. It creates a chance of AS by the ball can do a number of different things.

It is also very reliable. He knows when it is necessary to choose a simpler option. It is not just that he is decisive, he is also an advanced player. Someone who consistently and intelligently contributes to the match.

At his age we saw a few similar dribblers to Yamal, but passes are typically a skill of older players – they develop a little later during their careers.

Yamal is already one of the best creative players in the world.

The main candidate?

According to the latest ranking of the force published by the Score90, it is already considered the main candidate for the Golden Ball for 2025.

The miraculous child of FC Barcelona is located on top of the list in front of the world stars such as Ousman Dembélé, Raphinha, Pedri and Mohamed Salah, showing his incredible influence in Laliga and European competitions.

Among the main candidates for the Golden Ball is Brazilian and Yamal’s teammate Raphinha, who is much more productive this season.

« His teammates see Yamal every day and they would give him a golden ball with his eyes closed, » says El Mundo Deportivo.

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