Barcelona star Lamine Yamal will be driven to greater heights after being beaten to the Ballon d’Or by Ousmane Dembele, the club’s coach Hansi Flick said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old winger finished second behind Paris Saint-Germain attacker Dembele at the glitzy gala in Paris on Monday in the battle to be crowned the world’s best player, but won the Kopa Trophy for best young player.<\/p>\n
“I spoke with him yesterday, and I think he sees it (in the) right (way), so it’s for him also motivation for the next years,” Flick told a news conference.<\/p>\n
“Dembele, he deserved it also, it’s a vote and a lot of things can happen and I think he accepted this in a good way, and he’s motivated to show it this season.<\/p>\n
“Maybe next season he also will be an option for the Ballon d’Or, but I really appreciate that a lot of players from our team are in this situation, and it’s great for our team. It shows a lot how your last season was, and this is also our goal for this season.”<\/p>\n
Yamal starred as Barcelona won a domestic treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.<\/p>\n
The winger is set to miss Thursday’s clash at Real Oviedo with a groin issue as the champions try to keep pace with La Liga leaders Real Madrid, who beat Levante on Tuesday to move five points clear of Barca.<\/p>\n
Last season the Catalans struggled in games without the teenager but they thrashed Valencia and Getafe without him in their previous two games.<\/p>\n
“I’m really happy, I never think about which player we are missing, I only focus on the team we have,” said Flick.<\/p>\n
“Which players are the options for being in the starting XI… I’m happy with my team. It makes no difference, every starting XI can win matches. It’s not a big problem.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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