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    Raphinha, Ousmane Dembélé or Lamine Yamal to WIN Ballon d’Or? | Numbers Don’t Lie | Morning Footy
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    Raphinha, Ousmane Dembélé or Lamine Yamal to WIN Ballon d’Or? | Numbers Don’t Lie | Morning Footy



    Join Nico Cantor, Stefano Fusaro, Michael Lahoud & Marco Messina for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don’t Lie from Sofascore. The crew will be taking a look at the top candidates to win the 2025 Ballon d’Or honors, breaking down their chances of winning using data. Which star out of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal & Raphinha, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, or PSG’s Ousmane Dembélé will WIN the big prize?

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    0:00 Ballon d’Or Awards PREVIEW
    0:29 Ballon d’Or Awards ODDS
    0:45 Ousmane Dembélé STATS BREAKDOWN
    1:18 Dembélé vs. Raphinha HEAD-TO-HEAD
    2:21 Raphinha’s MIND-BLOWING UCL season
    3:00 Lamine Yamal’s successful dribbles this season
    4:24 Dembélé vs. Mohamed Salah HEAD-TO-HEAD
    4:58 Salah’s goal contributions in an EPL season
    6:22 Does Achraf Hakimi deserve a Ballon d’Or shout?
    9:22 Ballon d’Or ceremony is Monday 3PM ET

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    34 Comments

    2. @alkendjakimi8768 on

      We can't be forgiven from the next generation if we give it to dembele or raphinha. No matter the numbers… Yamal is a better player, pedri and vitinha are better player's. Dollarumma have a greater legacy, mendes and hakimi is a better story. Mohammed Salah and mbappe where the scariest nightmare for every defender!

    3. @znhait on

      Yamal being considered for the ballon d'or is truly laughable. If he were 23 or 24, I don't believe that would be the case. He had a good season, but there were 10+ players that were better.

    6. @laughingbehelit on

      These type of stats breakdowns, while interesting, tend to heavily favor forward players. I'd argue Hakimi deserves a mention. He doesn't have the shiny stats but he scored and created plays on both ends, in so many critical games, including the UCL final.

      Nuno Mendes also deserves a mention. He absolutely shut down so many important strikers, including Salah, and he scored and facilitated when it mattered. He also won the Nations League with Portugal…

      All this to say, stats matter but they tend to be overly biased toward forward players. It's a team game and sometimes a right back is your most crucial player!

    7. @ozoneA6 on

      Salty because their best players(yamal and raphina) did not win CL. 😂😂🥱……Dembele hakimi vitinha all deserve it over any barca player. 🥱🥱🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️

    8. @Ermah_Dike on

      People are quick to highlight the ‘more games’ part to taint Raphinha’s record when it in fact was just one more game. 2 extra games in the group/league yes, but 1 less game as Barca didn’t make the final. Also, in 19/20, Lewandowski played less games as well because that was during Covid.

    10. @TheDYNAMITE001 on

      I know that this show changes nothing, the name has already been engraved; however, Dembele is the clear favourite because that wasn't just any UCL title, it was the first, also if PSG lost everything the blame would've gone to him so why should he miss out on the praise? Personally I think Dembele was smart to be out injured this period.

    17. @footballhipstertv on

      In my Opinion France Football should adjust the voting criteria. Trophies SHOULD be a factor, but not the main factor. You have to also look at impact on the team and overall performance THROUGHOUT the season. At the moment everyone knows Dembele will win because he won the UCL, and for me thats a little unfair. Raphinha has been miles better, and from Day ONE, not from January like Dembele

    28. @oyeniyidavid-k4z on

      Let's keep deceiving each other. If the streets vote, neither yamal nor dembele would be in 2 top 2. The best player last season was Raphina, followed by Sala. The rest can go to sleep, but of course, they will give it to dembele. French player + french award

    29. @oyeniyidavid-k4z on

      Ronaldo won it without winning any major trophy. Messi won it in a year. Welshly won treble. If Inter beat Psg, none of their players stand a chance. So all these paded statistics pissed me off. If I'm to choose based on all round. Yamal is ahead.