What is he doing? Lamine Yamal At 16 years old in his first season competing in professional football, it was something that broke everything. With the FC Barcelona already amazed at the orders of Xavi Hernandezthe coach who bet on his potential by making him debut at the age of 15, but the great international media leap is made by Choosing Spanish in the Eurocup. And in a year 2024 where the UEFA goes for the first time holding hands France Football With the awarding of the Ballon d’Or, it is not unreasonable to think of the winger’s serious candidacy to win the award. He will need one last good job, a final on Sunday in Berlin at the level of the Munich semi-final, maybe a rare and decisive goal like the one he scored against France, maybe a few assists to add to the top three he. in that statistics section. Isn’t it normal that at the age of 17, that he will move on Saturday, he has already won the Ballon d’Or in just one major tournament? This is the disruption of Lamine Yamal It is not normal and what is waking up around the world forces us to consider the scenarios, as well as the Ballon d’Or, with the added value of his youth.
The debate could end if England, who this Wednesday in Dortmund play a semifinal against the Netherlands (9 pm, TVE1), win the Euro Cup. So Jude Bellingham (21 years old) will crown, whether he scores or not, a magical season in which he has already decided with goals and assists for Real Madrid to win the Liga and the Champions League. Your partners Vinicius He seems to have run out of options due to Brazil’s poor performance in the Copa América, with a KO in the quarterfinals.
There are no more candidates on the horizon because Leo Messi, who qualified for the final with a goal in the semifinal against Canada (2-0), it will not be enough this time to win the Copa América. At 37 years old, his performances have not had the excellence of other major tournaments and competing in MLS is already reducing his options to fight for what will be his ninth Ballon d’Or after winning the last one in 2023.
This is not the first time in the award’s history that a player only needs to compete in a well-rounded national team competition to win the jackpot. The Ukrainian striker Igor Belanov, then playing for the USSR and Dynamo Kiev, won the Ballon d’Or in 1986 as he scored four goals in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico where his team was eliminated despite his hat trick in the round of 16 against Belgium (4-3). The German libero or midfielder Matthias Sammer He won it in 1996 in recognition of his level at the 1996 Euro Cup in England which he won with Germany in a year in which he also won the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund. And the German midfielder Bernd Schuster He was awarded the Silver Ball in 1980 for his breakthrough at the age of 20 in the 1980 Euro Cup in Italy, played for Colonia, before signing for FC Barcelona. He just gave the Ballon d’Or to his countryman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Even recently, in the latest edition of 2023, Leo Messi He won his eighth Ballon d’Or as he even played his rare World Cup in Qatar in December 2022 and won with Argentina.
In Paris
On October 28, the Gala
It should be remembered that, following the partnership announced at the end of last year between UEFA and Groupe Amaury, media owner France Football and L’Équipe, to co-organize the Ballon d’Or from 2024, the Ika has been established -68 The prestigious award ceremony will take place on Monday, October 28 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, located on the Place du Châtelet, on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
Source: La Verdad
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