Lamine Yamal's brilliant two-goal performance against France sends clear Ballon d'Or message as the Barcelona teenager dominates on football's

Spain’s teenage prodigy Lamine Yamal and Portugal’s ageless icon Cristiano Ronaldo are set to collide for the first time in a blockbuster UEFA Nations League final on Sunday — a showdown that promises both high stakes and a generational spectacle at Munich’s Allianz Arena.

The 17-year-old was at his rampant best in Spain's 5-4 win vs France — but it was his second goal that gave a glimpse of how unusual he is

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal may have dropped a hint about his odds of winning the Ballon d'Or following Spain's 5-4 win over France in the Nations League.

Lamine Yamal added to his Ballon d’Or case by scoring twice and outperforming his counterparts as Spain beat France 5-4 in their Nations League semifinal.

Three years before Yamal was born, Lionel Messi’s Barcelona rookie card was released and there was no debate about it. By the third edition of Panini’s 2004 Megacracks, there was just one Messi trading card, the #71BIS, where a PSA 10 grade most recently sold for $312,000 via Fanatics Collect (19 in existence, with a gem rate of just 2%).

Yamal is a contender to become the youngest ever Ballon d’Or winner thanks to his starring role in Barcelona’s La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España domestic treble. But

France head coach Didier Deschamps has given his full backing to Ousmane Dembélé for the Ballon d'Or, ahead of his side's UEFA Nations League semifinal with a Spain side featuring another leading contender for the award, Lamine Yamal.