Barcelona star’s Ballon d’Or hopes take another hit | OneFootball

The hopes of Barcelona star Lamine Yamal of lifting this year’s Ballon d’Or award were on Wednesday night dealt a blow.

This came owing to developments in the Club World Cup showdown between Real Madrid, and Paris Saint-Germain.

Luis Enrique’s all-conquering PSG are fresh off another dominant victory yesterday evening, after putting four past Real Madrid without reply.

Playing a starring role in as much was frontman Ousmane Dembélé, who racked up a goal and an assist early on at MetLife Stadium.

Their latest triumph means that PSG now need only overcome Premier League giants Chelsea, to secure glory at the newly-formatted Club World Cup.

And if this does ultimately prove to be the case, the Ballon d’Or hopes of the aforementioned Lamine will be dealt a fatal blow.

Dembélé is now considered the clear favourite to lift this year’s ‘Golden Ball’, with a victory for PSG over Chelsea this weekend likely to bring a close to the race once and for all.

Conor Laird – GSFN