Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (born 13 July 2007), commonly known as Lamine Yamal, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for the La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world.
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[edit]- The 2014 World Cup. My mother was working and came back for the second half of Colombia-Uruguay, the match when James [Rodríguez] scored. She arrived, and we finished watching it together. Now she is here with me. She cried when I debuted. I told her, “How life changes…” My first World Cup memory is with her, and now we can experience it this way. It’s something I had dreamed of, but never this soon.
- What my mother has done, what my father has done — I couldn’t have done that for anyone who was not my child. I’ve come to understand that only parents can make that kind of effort. To begin with, if you think about it, if you don’t have money, it’s very hard to get your child to play soccer. If you don’t have money, it’s very hard to give them a gift on Three Kings Day. When you don’t have money, many things are difficult. And my parents managed to make all that happen. I played soccer. I got gifts on Three Kings Day. It’s something I’ll never be able to repay them for.
- I think there are two ways to see life. There are people who live a normal life and then move into luxury slowly. And then there’s me, who believes you should enjoy it. I think people overthink: what happens if I do this, what happens if I meet this person, what happens if this relationship ends, what happens if I buy this and then don’t want it. I think when I’m older I won’t spend all the money I make. I’ll be able to leave something to my children and, at the same time, enjoy life. Because you have to enjoy life.
- No, it came out in the moment. I know that if I say something like that, I’ll go home, lie down, and laugh while you guys keep talking about it. I like that part; I don’t mind. I think that’s what soccer is all about. I liked the soccer of earlier years, in 2010, when the Barça–Madrid [matches] and all that was happening. The important thing is having confidence in yourself, because otherwise you can get crushed.
- That award is being judged differently now. When Messi and Cristiano were around, everyone knew they were the two best in the world, so the award was shared between the two players.
- The problem now is that people are prioritising factors that have nothing to do with the Ballon d’Or. For example, when they say a PSG player has to win it because they’ve won the Champions League.
- When you win the Champions League, PSG are awarded the Champions League trophy for being the best team, and that’s the prize that belongs to PSG.
- Not to a player who’s scored 80 goals, because when you score 80 goals, you’re given the ‘top scorer’ award for the season. These are very different things that people aren’t understanding.
