Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Friday, June 6, 2025, 11:06 / Updated on Friday, June 6, 2025 11:07
The Briliant of Spain, Lamine Yamal (17 years old), also pointed out in the match with France (5-4) in the distance duel with Kylian Mbappe.
Lamine Yamal continues to score in the race for the Golden Ball. And against France, Barcelona's jeweler has demonstrated her qualities, crowding her evolution with two goals and more actions in which she simply humiliated the left defender, Theo Hernandez.
The everyday meadow did not even remember the unhappy Hernandez and has passed to the greatest rival of Catalan, Kylian Mbappe. And the conclusion was tough, all the more so as it comes from some journalists “assigned” Real Madrid, the club to which the French supecatant plays: “Lamine, Mbappe's largest nightmare”.
Lamine Yamal vs Kylian Mbappe, 7-1 in direct duels!
Their verdict is first of all based on a statistical aspect that devour the “gap” between the two: “Of the eight matches in which they were face to face, the Spanish talent has won seven”! Mbappé's only victory dates a little over a year ago, from the first leg of the Champions League 2023 – 2024, between Barça and PSG, on Montjuïc (1-4).
The return was won by Barcelona, score 3-2, but PSG was the one that advanced in the semifinals. The balance sheet: 1-1 for victories, Yamal, a decisive pass, Kylian, a “double”. Since then, the extreme of Barcelona has achieved a series of 6 consecutive victories in front of the French transferred to Real Madrid.
Kylian Mbappe is better at personal successes: 8 goals and an assist vs 5 goals and 3 assists
With the representative of Spain, Yamal checked two triumphs in confrontation with Mbappe. Most importantly, a 2-1 in the Euro 2024 semifinals, when it scored twice. Then the 4 of the Barcelona – Real Madrid duels. Two in the championship, one in the final of the Spanish Cup and the other in the last act of the Spanish Super Cup.
Only in “individual”, taking advantage of the fact that it is “peak”, while the Catalan plays in the band, Mbappe came out better of these meetings: 8 goals and a decisive pass in the French account, compared to 5 goals and 3 decisive passes.
