Mounir Nasraoui, father of Lamine Yamal, does not too much digest to have seen the Ballon d’Or 2025 escape his son to the advantage of Ousmane Dembélé on Monday evening. He believes that the Catalan nugget is already on the roof of the world.
He didn’t really appreciate what he saw. Mounir Nasraoui attended the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris) to accompany his son, Lamine Yamal (18), with his family. And the father of the star of FC Barcelona expected to see him triumph by receiving the most prestigious individual awards. But it returned to Ousmane Dembélé, after the successful five-time with PSG, including the Champions League and very influential statistics on this coronation (35 goals, 16 assists).
“Moral damage to a human being”
At the end of the ceremony, Mounir Nasraoui went into a gale in front of the Spanish media massaged on the red carpet. He simply slipped a big dose of hope for the future. “Next year, he will be for us,” he said without stopping. But he expressed a clearer opinion in an interview on the phone on El Chiringuito in which he said he did not understand the choice of voters.
“I wouldn’t say a flight but moral damage to a human being,” he said. “Because I believe that Lamine Yamal is the best player in the world. By far … and by far. Not because he is my son but because he is the best player in the world, he has no rival. It’s Lamine Yamal. Something very strange happened here. Next year, he will be the Spanish Ballon.”
Yamal consoles himself with the Kopa trophy
According to the first echoes, Ousmane Dembélé was however acclaimed in the votes of 100 journalists (of the 100 FIFA First Nations). “If I have to give you a trend, there was no match, honestly,” said the editor -in -chief of the magazine on the team, on Monday evening. “Ousmane won quite largely. He largely won the support of our Golden Ball jurors. It is a golden ball that is a priori authority with our jurors.”
Lamine Yamal did not dispute and showed herself a beautiful player by giving the French attacker an assist at the end of the ceremony. He too was rewarded by receiving the Kopa Trophy for Best Hope (before the French Désiré Goué) for the second consecutive year. “I will not forget my teammates, everyone helped me be there tonight. I will have to continue working to win other titles in the future,” he launched after receiving this trophy which visibly does not fill the feeling of injustice fed by his father.
Lamine Yamal had joined the ceremony in the delegation of FC Barcelona guided by President Joan Laporta and under the whistles of Parisian supporters massaged in front of the place to support Dembélé. He was accompanied by his partners Pau Cubarsi and Raphinha. The club left the evening with several trophies, including the third consecutive women’s golden ball for Aitana Bonmati
