Original archived Re: 2025 Ballon d’Or Prediction thread
Scraped on 20/07/2025, 19:23:46 UTC
The only reason why Dembele is widely regarded over Yamal is because he won the Uefa champions league. But is the Ballon d’Or award giving based on that? PSG will go as far as they did with many top strikers in Europe but Barcelona will not be the same without Lamine Yamal. When Barcelona needed a hero in games that was almost lost everyone looked at the then seventeen year old Lamine Yamal and more time than not he delivered them.
It’s Yamal for me, Barcelona were so unlucky to have missed out on a place in the final, the match would have been a very big deciding factor in the Dembele and Yamal ballon d’Or rivalry.
Ballon d'Or award shouldn't be determined by the UEFA Champions League. But the sad reality is that it is the most important competition this year. The world Cup would have been another criteria but there was none this year. Lamine Yamal also deserves to win the award but the failure of Barcelona to win the UCL has reduced his chances. The youngster's time will definitely come because he is a gifted player. But for now, this year's award belongs to Ousmane Dembele.