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The hopes of France captain, Kylian Mbappe, winning the 2026 Ballon d’Or took a large dent on Tuesday night, aft they mislaid 2-0 to Spain successful the semi-final of the World Cup.
On the different hand, Lamine Yamal boosted his chances of finishing connected the podium, arsenic helium helped his squad suffice for the final.
It was Yamal who won the punishment that Mikel Oyarzabal converted successful the 22nd infinitesimal to springiness La Roja the lead.
Pedro Porro sealed the triumph with a good decorativeness aft the break.
Mbappe, who has scored 8 times astatine the tournament, could yet decorativeness with the Golden Boot, arsenic helium is apt to diagnostic successful the third-place play-off.
But Yamal volition beryllium successful contention for the bigger prizes, including the Ballon d’Or, whose voting would beryllium influenced by occurrence successful large planetary tournaments.
Spain volition present look either Argentina oregon England successful the final, wherever Yamal volition beryllium looking to animate the European champions again.
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