Lamine Yamal is one of the best football players the world of the young generation. The player impressed, among others, at this year's European Championships, where Spain won the gold medal, but also in Saturday's El Clascio with Real Madridin which he scored a beautiful goal.
Lamine Yamal received the award. And suddenly such a mishap
Lamine Yamal was among the nominees for the Ballon d'Or award. He didn't win the main prize, but he still made history! He was in the TOP 10 of the list, specifically in… eighth place! – He became the youngest football playerwho was among the best 10 players in this plebiscite. He is exactly 17 years and 107 days old. Thus he broke the record of… Kylian Mbappe – wrote Agnieszka Piskorz from Sport.pl.
But that's not the end! Yamal also received the Kopa Award, a trophy for the best player under 21 years of age. And on this occasion, he also became the youngest footballer in history to receive such a statuette.
There was a mishap during the award ceremony for Yamal. Winger FC Barcelona he went on stage and, like all the distinguished people, spoke. Yamal spoke in Spanish and waited for translations from hosts Didier Drogba and Sandy Heribert, who spoke English. The hosts reminded that he is the youngest winner of the Ballon d'Or in history Ronaldo Nazariowho received the award at the age of 21. They told Yamal that he had four years to break the record and asked if he was up to the challenge. There was an awkward silence at this point, as Yamal probably didn't understand their question and perhaps lost connection with the translator.
Drogba tried to save the situation and turned to Gullit, who was present on stage and was presenting the award to Yamal. The Dutchman said a few warm words about the FC Barcelona player.
Yamal played 14 games for FC Barcelona this season, scored six goals and had seven assists.