# Lamine Yamal: Why He Ranks First Beyond the Stats

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2107963136057692213
- Source account: [@Blaugranation\_](https://x.com/Blaugranation_)
- Source language: French
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:05
- Published: 2026-10-08
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- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/fr/lamine-yamal-pourquoi-le-placer-en-t%C3%AAte-au-del%C3%A0-des-statistiques.md

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/en/lamine-yamal-why-he-ranks-first-beyond-the-stats) Uh, I think I'd put Lamine Yamal, uh, at the top because, uh, he went and won a World Cup and that all those who say he had, uh, a fairly modest World Cup, I just, I just ask them to rewatch the matches and, and to free themselves from the stats. Sure, he had to score. He scored one goal.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/en/lamine-yamal-why-he-ranks-first-beyond-the-stats?t=24) Uh, it's not an exceptional record, but watch the matches, look at how he draws defenders, look at the openings he creates.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/en/lamine-yamal-why-he-ranks-first-beyond-the-stats?t=32) When you love football, you, you can't overlook a, a little gem like this.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/en/lamine-yamal-why-he-ranks-first-beyond-the-stats?t=38) He's part of a t-, of a, of a team, Barça, that is in the process of starting another uh, cycle that seems quite enchanting. And then, there's something I love about this player, It's his smile. And for me, a player who spends his time smiling,

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/en/lamine-yamal-why-he-ranks-first-beyond-the-stats?t=56) making us smile, I'd rather put him right at the top.

[1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/2LcCYiXYVmYw/en/lamine-yamal-why-he-ranks-first-beyond-the-stats?t=61) Okay. There is a player who is still—