Lamine Yamal: 'Good Things Take Time' After Ballon d'Or Miss
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Lamine Yamal plays football for Barcelona. He is young, but he is very good. Many people thought he could win the Ballon d'Or. This is a big award for the best football player in the world. Yamal did not win it this year. He finished in third place.
Yamal also won another award. It is called Young Talent of the Year. This award is for the best young player. Yamal was happy about this.
Yamal talked about the Ballon d'Or. He said he was still excited. He said, 'Good things take time.' This means he is patient. He thinks he can win big awards later.
Yamal's uncle also talked about football. He said Harry Kane is a great goalscorer. A goalscorer is a player who scores many goals. But Yamal's uncle said Yamal is the best player. He was not happy that Yamal did not win the Ballon d'Or.
Vocabulary4 words
- Barcelona
- a football team in Spain
- Ballon d'Or
- a very important prize for the best football player
- award
- a prize given for doing something well
- goalscorer
- a player who scores goals
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1. Third 2. Young Talent of the Year 3. They take time
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Lamine Yamal plays football for _____.
Many people thought he could win the _____.
This is a big _____ for the best football player in the world.
Yamal did not win it this year. He finished in third _____.
Yamal also won another award called Young Talent of the _____.
Yamal said, 'Good things take _____.'
Yamal's uncle said Harry Kane is a great _____.
He said Yamal is the best _____.
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