Yamal's dad: 'It's the biggest moral damage to a human being'
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Lamine's father was not happy that his son didn't get the reward
At the moment when, at last night’s gala, Raphael Varane read out the name of Lamine Yamal as the winner of the Kopa Trophy for the best young footballer in the world, it was probably clear to the Spanish wonderkid, his family, and the entire planet that Ousmane Dembele would be the new Ballon d’Or winner. Whoever had lifted the most prestigious individual award in football, debates with a million arguments would have followed.
Many will say that Dembele, as the man directly involved in 49 goals for the best team in the world on their way to four trophies, and who delivered almost every time it mattered most, deservedly succeeded Rodri on the throne. But many will also argue that, beyond the numbers, Yamal left the impression of someone whose feet and mind can imagine and execute things no one else in the world is capable of.
Whatever the reasons, Dembele has become the sixth Frenchman to hold the Ballon d’Or, and the first to stand protectively behind him — almost like Calimero — was none other than his father, Mounir Nasroui.
"I think it's the biggest... I'm not going to say robbery, but moral damage to a human being. I think Lamine Yamal is the best player in the world by far, by a huge margin. Not because he's my son, but because he's the best player in the world. I think there are no rivals. Lamine is Lamine Yamal. We have to say that something very strange has happened here. Next year the Ballon d'Or will be Spanish" he told El Chiringuito after the ceremony.
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