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Lamine Yamal insists award he won at Ballon d'Or ceremony should have gone to team-mate

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  • Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal collected his third straight Kopa Trophy, the best young player award, at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London on Monday night. Yamal said he would have preferred to see teammate Pau Cubarsi accept the prize, praising the young defender's excellent recent form.
  • Cubarsi was also nominated but did not win. Yamal was praised for his goals, creativity and dribbling for Barcelona, while Cubarsi's defensive numbers were not judged strong enough to beat him.
  • Yamal did not win the main Ballon d'Or award.
Lamine Yamal insists award he won at Ballon d'Or ceremony should have gone to team-mate
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