Last Monday, October 28, near Paris, Lamine Yamal arrived all smiles at the Théâtre du Châtelet with a large delegation from Barça. It must be said that the Catalan club was certain to leave with certain prestigious trophies, such as the Women’s Ballon d’Or obtained by Aitana Bonmati but also the Kopa trophy, rewarding the best young person and which obviously extended its arms to Lamine Yamal, revelation of the year whether with Barça or the Euro, conquered this summer with Spain.
Alone among 23 not to put Yamal first!
Lamine Yamal, already eighth in the Ballon d’Or at just 17 years old, won this trophy without the slightest discussion. Indeed, the France Football votes reveal that Yamal, with 113 points, had a huge lead over his first pursuer, the young Madrilenian Arda Güler (26 points). The details of these votes which showed a surprising behind the scenes. While 23 former Ballons d’Or formed the jury for this trophy, 22 placed Lamine Yamal in the lead. Only one did not do it: Ronaldo, known as R9, the former player of Real Madrid but also of Barça, who favored the surprising Savinho, brilliant with Girona and since transferred to Manchester City, as winner of the Kopa trophy. A surprising choice…
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To summarize
While Lamine Yamal was acclaimed at the last Ballon d’Or ceremony, this is not the case for a certain Ronaldo. The Brazilian legend of Real Madrid and Barça is the only one not to have voted for him in the Kopa trophy.
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