Although there was little doubt once the Italian paper Tuttosport revealed the name of the Golden Boy award 2024 nominees, now it’s official – Lamine Yamal is this year’s laureate! Even though the competition was fierce, including names like Alejandro Garnacho, Kobbie Mainoo, Kenan Yildiz, Arda Guler, and Endrick, among others, it was clear that the Spaniard was unmatched, especially after performing brilliantly at the EURO 2024, which he eventually won with Spain.Golden Boy Absolute Best is LAMINE YAMAL!@FCBarcelona star is the best U21 player in all Europe! #Goldenboy #Goldenboy2024 #FootballBenchmark #Tuttosport #football pic.twitter.com/34MSsPFDWY— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyAwards) November 27, 2024 This way, Yamal united two awards dedicated to youngsters since he scooped France Football’s Kopa Trophy – given to the best male played under the age of 21 – a month ago at the Ballon d’Or ceremony. Interestingly, this is the fourth year in a row in which the two awards mentioned above are won by the same player, after Pedri (2021), Gavi (2022), and Jude Bellingham (2023).Terryfing numbers of young YamalIn addition, Yamal joined some legendary players like Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Aguero, Alexandre Pato, Mario Gotze, Isco, and Paul Pogba, who – among others – won the Golden Boy award. All of them made fantastic careers, and so far, it seems that Barca’s 17-year-old forward is on the right path to do the same and even surpass some of them.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND 5TuesdaySlovan B – Milan 2-3 (1-1)/Barseghyan 24, Marcelli 88 – Pulisic 21, Leao 68, Abraham 70/Sparta P – Atletico Madrid 0-6 (0-2)/Alvarez 15, 59, Llorente 43, Griezman 70, Correa 85, 89/Barcelona – Brest 3-0 (1-0)/Lewandowski 10 pen, 90+2, Olmo 66/Bayern – PSG 1-0 (1-0)/Kim 38/Inter – RB Leipzig 1-0 (1-0)/Lukeba 27 og/Leverkusen – Salzburg 5-0 (3-0)/Wirtz 8 pen, 30, Grimaldo 11, Schick 61, Garcia 72/Man.City – Feyenoord 3-3 (1-0)/Haaland 44 pen, 53, Gundogan 50 – Hadj Moussa 75, Gimenez 82, Hancko 89/Sporting – Arsenal 1-5 (0-3)/Inacio 47 – Martinelli 7, Havertz 22, Gabriel 45+1, Saka 65 pen, Trossard 82/Young Boys – Atalanta 1-6 (1-4)/Ganvoula 11 – Retegui 9, 39, De Ketelaere 28, 56, Kolasinac 32, Samardzic 90+1/Wednesday19:45: (4.80) Crvena Zvezda (4.10) Stuttgart (1.75)19:45: (3.70) Sturm (3.50) Girona (2.00)23:00: (2.45) Aston Villa (3.40) Juventus (3.10)23:00: (2.45) Bologna (3.35) Lille (3.15)23:00: (2.05) Celtic (3.50) Club Brugge (3.60)23:00: (4.80) Dinamo Zagreb (3.70) Dortmund (1.73)23:00: (1.90) Liverpool (3.95) Real Madrid (4.00)23:00: (2.30) Monaco (3.50) Benfica (3.25)23:00: (1.42) PSV (4.60) Shakhtar (7.50)***odds are subject to change***
