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Yamal excited despite Ballon d'Or miss: 'Good things take time'
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Yamal won the Kopa Trophy for best young talent for the third consecutive year but remains focused on winning the main Ballon d'Or award.
Barcelona's Lamine Yamal claimed the Kopa Trophy at Monday's Ballon d'Or ceremony, extending his run of three consecutive awards for best young talent. The 19-year-old acknowledged missing out on the main prize but expressed optimism about his future prospects, saying "good things take time." Yamal's comments suggest he views the individual accolade as a stepping stone toward eventually competing for football's most prestigious individual award.
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UK timesStrong13 reports from 8 outlets. First reported by Evening Standard, Mon 05:15. The 9 newest are listed here.
- Sky Sport Italia
- ESPN
- RMC Sport
- The Independent
- Diario AS
- Mundo Deportivo
- Ben Jacobs
- Evening Standard
- Yamal after third-place Ballon d'Or finish: "It will arrive, beautiful things require time"Sky Sport Italia
- Yamal excited despite Ballon d'Or miss: 'Good things take time'ESPNThis article
- FC Barcelona's young talent dominance: 7 of 10 awardsMundo Deportivo
- Lamine Yamal rewrites history and continues breaking recordsMundo Deportivo
- "If you love football, you'll watch Lamine, not Kane": Barcelona's clan baffled by Yamal's third-place Ballon d'Or finishRMC Sport
4 more reports
- Laporta believes Yamal deserved Ballon d'Or for talent and titlesMundo Deportivo
- Lamine Yamal says he shouldn't have won Golden Boy award as he chases Ballon d'OrThe Independent
- Lamine Yamal and Vicky Lopez: Barcelona double in Young Player of the Year categoryBen Jacobs
- Lamine, another 'Young Talent': 'This award is for Cubarsí'Mundo Deportivo
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