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Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal had a stellar 2026 season — 24 goals and 18 assists in 45 official matches, a league title, and a World Cup triumph with the Spanish national team — and had said himself that he believed he deserved the Ballon d’Or. But this year’s award didn’t go his way, and in response, Yamal’s relatives vented their frustration on social media. Comments like “Football fans go to watch Yamal, not Kane” and “Kane doesn’t have much playing time left” became a talking point. On 5ch, users debated the issue from several angles: Yamal’s underwhelming individual World Cup performance, historical voting trends for the award, and discomfort with relatives publicly weighing in.
Relatives of Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal apparently aren’t happy with this year’s Ballon d’Or result.
[Photo] Yamal’s new girlfriend is stunning!
Yamal recorded 24 goals and 18 assists in 45 official appearances for Barcelona last season, helping the club win La Liga. He also played in every match as Spain won the World Cup. Given these achievements, he was seen as a strong contender for the 2026 Ballon d’Or, and he himself said he believed he deserved to win it.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
His personal life's as messy as Neymar's, so he might never win it.
Goal count is everything.
There's also Rodri's case, remember.
He got criticized even harder than Kane at the time, though.
That's a rare-earth case (likely a play on 'rare case'/レアケース).
Basically it's whoever racked up the most goals who wins it — Messi and Ronaldo's long duopoly on the award proves that.
That leaves a really good impression.
They say personal conduct matters for the Ballon d'Or, so why would they say something like this?
Don't drag Yamal down.
There's this team, the Brewers, who swept the Dodgers 4-0 in a series.
The series MVP went to an American player.
Then the Brewers catcher's older brother went on social media complaining,
like 'My little brother played better, he should've been MVP —
that guy only got it because he's American.'
It's the same in every sport —
there's always a relative like that.
He's following his senior Rodri's example and keeping his life in order —
he's not like Neymar.
He's going to end up winning the Ballon d'Or multiple times, no doubt.
He's clearly a step above that tier.
and he gave her the cold shoulder hard.
Was that really how it went?
Re: #82
Not sure what the point of that was lol
Background and talking points of this discussion
The Ballon d’Or is said to weigh not just stats like goal counts but also contribution to team success and personal character, and in the past, players like Cannavaro and Modric won largely on the strength of their World Cup performances. Many in the thread pointed out that Yamal himself didn’t put in a standout World Cup showing, and worried that his relatives’ comments could end up hurting his reputation rather than helping it. At the same time, some raised a separate question — how much attention a player’s own merits should get versus his relatives’ remarks — a distinction between judging the player and judging his family’s comments that’s easy to lose sight of from the article alone.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports Express+) thread “‘Football fans go to watch Yamal, not Kane’ / ‘Kane doesn’t have much playing time left…’ — Yamal’s relatives explode with frustration over the Ballon d’Or.”
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