Di full interview wey young star Lamine Yamal give on ‘Universo Valdano’ on Movistar Plus don air, some days after di first promotional clips go out.
Early leaks bin zero in on wetin he talk about di Ballon d'Or.
But di final version carry something wey bigger pass that: his detailed and controversial take on di crisis wey surround individual awards.
Yamal come out swinging at how dem dey judge Ballon d’Or winners now.
As Spanish newspaper ‘Mundo Deportivo’ report am, he talk say: ‘Dis award dey judged completely different now.’
‘When Messi and Cristiano bin dey, everybody know say na dem be di best for world, so di award bin limited to di two of dem.’
‘Di problem today be say people dey now judge things wey no get anything to do with di Ballon d’Or, like saying, for example, say di award suppose go to a player from Paris Saint-Germain because he win di Champions League,’ he continue.
‘When you win di Champions League, dem dey give di trophy to di team as di best group, and na dia deserved reward be that, but di individual award na something else entirely.’
‘Dem suppose give am to di best for world, and that’s it.’
‘No give am to a player just because he score 80 goals, because whoever score 80 goals dey receive di top scorer award.’
‘These be different things wey people no understand.’
‘Di best na di one you enjoy watching as commentator during match and see as different from everybody else.’
‘And whenever di award return to di genuinely best player, and no be di one wey score more or collect more titles, e go regain im true value.’
From there di young star turn to di reality of modern football and why he sometimes waka comot pitch angry.
‘Di way I grow up for football rely on watching matches in full from first minute to ninetieth,’ he stress.
‘I no open apps to find out how much dis player score or how many assists he provide.’
‘Instead, everybody enjoy di game, so you go watch a playmaker wey might no score 20 goals but wey represent incredible pleasure, like Mesut Özil, wey I love well well.’
‘I think di current generation dey enter matches through apps to talk say: Lamine score two goals and make two assists, so he play great match,’ he add.
‘Whereas e dey happen to me for many matches say I feel I don put on enjoyable display without scoring, and I go sleep very happy because I know say football no be just about scoring a goal, but na di whole build-up from di moment di ball leave goalkeeper.’
Behind di scenes of im family discussions after matches come next.
‘I dey reach house sometimes angry, and my mother always dey ask me whether I angry because I no score, and I dey answer her say I no go ever angry for that reason,’ Yamal explain.
‘Scoring na just number in statistics, whereas real anger dey come over me if I no touch di ball and no enjoy playing.’
‘Na that dey annoy me pass.’
Tactics come next for agenda, and di Barcelona player lay bare di understanding with im teammates.
‘For training I always talk with Fermín, wey be player wey prefer to move into spaces, or with Eric and Joules, where I tell dem say I prefer make dem overlap me on inside, because if dem do that then either dem get in behind or dem pull away from covering position and so dem no bother me, and so dem take themselves out of play,’ he talk.
‘We always try discuss these details, because di simplest things for football na di most effective.’
‘When a player run towards space and di defences stop, there be one second wey he go free of marking, and na exactly dis second we must train for and time with precision.’
For anoda preview of di interview on Movistar Plus’s ‘Universo Valdano’, di Barça number 10 explain di merits wey he don accumulate to win di award wey dey recognize di best for world.
Lamine talk say: ‘Mbappé and I na di two best, but I think I deserve di Ballon d’Or.’
Eric also weigh in: ‘Lamine suppose win di Ballon d’Or.’
Di Barcelona defender opt for an all-Barcelona podium: ‘E dey seem incredible to me say Pedri and Raphinha no dey there.’
