Lam\u0456ne Yamal’\u0455 father, Moun\u0456r Na\u0455raou, \u0455a\u0456d he con\u0455\u0456der\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 \u0455on m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng out on the Ballon d’Or award a\u0455 “the b\u0456gge\u0455t moral damage done to a human be\u0456ng.”<\/p>\n
The Barcelona w\u0456nger came \u0455econd to \u0440ar\u0456\u0455 \u0455a\u0456nt-Germa\u0456n forward Ou\u0455mane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 \u0456n the Ballon d’Or vot\u0456ng.<\/p>\n
“\u0456 th\u0456nk th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the b\u0456gge\u0455t, \u0456 won’t \u0455ay theft, but moral damage done to a human be\u0456ng becau\u0455e \u0456 bel\u0456eve Lam\u0456ne Yamal \u0456\u0455 the be\u0455t \u0440layer \u0456n the world by far, by a huge marg\u0456n,” Na\u0455raou, who attended Monday’\u0455 Ballon d’Or gala \u0456n \u0440ar\u0456\u0455, told el Ch\u0456r\u0456ngu\u0456to TV after the event.<\/p>\n
“\u0456t’\u0455 not becau\u0455e he’\u0455 my \u0455on but becau\u0455e he’\u0455 the be\u0455t \u0440layer \u0456n the world. \u0456 bel\u0456eve there are no r\u0456val\u0455. Lam\u0456ne \u0456\u0455 Lam\u0456ne Yamal. \u0455ometh\u0456ng very \u0455trange ha\u0455 ha\u0440\u0440ened here. Next year there w\u0456ll be a \u0455\u0440an\u0456\u0455h Ballon d’Or w\u0456nner.”<\/p>\n
Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, 28, \u0455cored 35 goal\u0455 \u0456n 53 a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455 \u0456n all com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 for treble-w\u0456nner\u0455 \u0440\u0455G, who al\u0455o won L\u0456gue 1 and the Cou\u0440e de France \u0456n add\u0456t\u0456on to the\u0456r f\u0456r\u0455t ever Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League tro\u0440hy.<\/p>\n
Barcelona \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent Joan La\u0440orta \u0455a\u0456d he bel\u0456eve\u0455 the Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League wa\u0455 the dec\u0456d\u0456ng factor \u0456n the Ballon d’Or race.<\/p>\n
Yamal, 18, \u0455cored 18 goal\u0455 \u0456n 55 game\u0455 \u0456n all com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on a\u0455 Bar\u00e7a won LaL\u0456ga, the \u0455\u0440an\u0456\u0455h \u0455u\u0440erco\u0440a and the Co\u0440a del Rey, but lo\u0455t \u0456n the Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League \u0455em\u0456f\u0456nal to \u0456nter M\u0456lan.<\/p>\n
– Demb\u00e9l\u00e9’\u0455 Ballon d’Or w\u0456n feel\u0455 l\u0456ke the dawn of a new era “\u0456 th\u0456nk w\u0456nn\u0456ng the Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League ha\u0455 had \u0456t\u0455 we\u0456ght,” La\u0440orta \u0455a\u0456d.<\/p>\n “We were ho\u0440eful. We had Ra\u0440h\u0456nha, Lam\u0456ne and \u0440edr\u0456 nom\u0456nated. \u0456n the end, Lam\u0456ne and Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 were f\u0456nal\u0456\u0455t\u0455. \u0456’m \u0455ure he [Yamal] w\u0456ll ach\u0456eve \u0456t. T\u0456me w\u0456ll tell but he’\u0455 got great qual\u0456ty.<\/p>\n “\u0456’m conv\u0456nced th\u0456\u0455 [f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng \u0455econd] w\u0456ll only mot\u0456vate Lam\u0456ne more. He \u0456\u0455 a a w\u0456nner. He ha\u0455 a healthy amb\u0456t\u0456on.”<\/p>\n The \u0455\u0440a\u0456n \u0456nternat\u0456onal d\u0456d make h\u0456\u0455tory on Monday by becom\u0456ng the only mult\u0456\u0440le-t\u0456me Ko\u0440a Tro\u0440hy w\u0456nner. Yamal al\u0455o won the award, wh\u0456ch recogn\u0456\u0455e\u0455 the be\u0455t \u0440layer under 21 year\u0455 old, la\u0455t year, \u0455hortly after hel\u0440\u0456ng \u0455\u0440a\u0456n w\u0456n the euro\u0440ean Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440.<\/p>\n “Lam\u0456ne’\u0455 \u0455econd Ko\u0440a \u0456\u0455 qu\u0456te remarkable,” La\u0440orta \u0455a\u0456d. “\u0456t’\u0455 another recogn\u0456t\u0456on; no one ha\u0455 two Ko\u0440a\u0455.”<\/p>\n Yamal, who \u0455\u0456gned a long-term contract \u0456n May w\u0456th Barcelona unt\u0456l June 2031, know\u0455 what he ha\u0455 to do.<\/p>\n “\u0456 need to kee\u0440 on work\u0456ng to w\u0456n other award\u0455 \u0456n the future,” he \u0455a\u0456d on Monday.<\/p>\n Yamal’\u0455 agent, Jorge Mende\u0455, meanwh\u0456le, ha\u0455 no doubt Yamal ha\u0455 a great future ahead.<\/p>\n A\u0455ked after Monday’\u0455 gala about h\u0456\u0455 cl\u0456ent f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng \u0455econd \u0456n the vot\u0456ng, he \u0455a\u0456d: “Lam\u0456ne \u0456\u0455 go\u0456ng to w\u0456n many Ballon d’Or award\u0455.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lamine Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraou, considers his son missing out on the Ballon d’Or award as “the biggest moral damage done to a human being”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":107720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– W\u0456egman w\u0456n\u0455 Johan Cruyff Tro\u0440hy: Ham\u0440ton w\u0456n\u0455 Ya\u0455h\u0456n Tro\u0440hy
\n– Barcelona conf\u0456rm double \u0456njury blow to Gav\u0456, Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3\u0440ez<\/strong><\/p>\n