Dembele s golden ball, the most embarrassing thing is not Yamal, not Mbappe, but Real Madrid - the golden age that lasted for 25 years has finally stopped

In fact, Dembele won the Golden Ball in 2025, which is what everyone hopes for, and the suspense is not very high. After all, the results of the Triple Crown Championship and the personal goals and assists are far behind the others. However, the media always creates various gimmicks before the awards ceremony, and Dembele's performance in the Club World Cup was not outstanding, so it also caused a little turbulence in the awards trend.

And throughout the 24th to 25th season, Yamal did experience the highest brightest season in his career so far. After wearing Barcelona No. 10, Yamal became the team's thigh at the age of 18. Although his data is not as good as his teammates Lewandowski and Rafinia, Yamal's output at critical moments really impressed people. If Barcelona hadn't been accidentally eliminated by Inter Milan in the Champions League semi-finals, then this year's Golden Ball Awards are hard to say. However, it is more of a pity and a pity that Yamal missed the Golden Ball Awards than embarrassing. The real embarrassment is Mbappe. First of all, after Mero has faded out of European football, Mbappe is the number one player in the world. But Mbappe has not won the Golden Globe Award so far, and he is a little unworthy of this position. What’s more subtle is that after taking the teammate of his national team, you can imagine how Mbappe’s mentality has changed. Especially in the 24th to 25th season, Mbappe got his wish and won the European Golden Boot, but the team honors were very bad, which also made him far from the Golden Ball Awards. Last season, if Real Madrid had to find someone who could compete for the Golden Globes, it could only be Mbappe. Unfortunately, Mbappe's competitiveness is far from Dembele, Yamal and others.

In fact, to a certain extent, the most embarrassing thing about Dembele's winning the golden ball is not Mbappe, but Mbappe's current team - Real Madrid. Because, at the moment Dembele won the award, a golden age that Real Madrid, which lasted for 25 years, was finally cut off. This matter starts from the 2000 to 2001 season. In the summer of 2000, Real Madrid welcomed a superstar, Figo. It was also the first top star introduced by Florentino, and it was also the beginning of the construction of the Galaxy battleship. At the end of 2000, Figo won the Golden Ball Award. It was from that moment that Real Madrid opened a 25-year-old golden generation. In this era, there was at least one European footballer in Real Madrid every season. We all know the superstars after Figo. In the most awesome period, Real Madrid squeezed into four Golden Ball Awards, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, and Irving. At that time, Real Madrid stars shone brightly, and they didn’t care about their true combat power for the first time. They were indeed very strict in terms of temperament. Later, Cannavaro came again. In his first season of joining, he won the Golden Globe Award at the end of 2006. Of course, Real Madrid had Ronaldo at that time. Ronaldo left the team in 2007, and Cannavaro left the team in 2009, but it doesn't matter. Real Madrid's golden age has not stopped because in the summer of 2009, Kaka and Ronaldo came. Ronaldo has been with Real Madrid for ten years, so during this period, Real Madrid's golden halo has been there. Of course, from the summer of 2018 to November 2018, Real Madrid did not have a Golden Ball Award during this period, because Ronaldo left the team in the summer and went to Juventus. And Modric won the award in December. So these few months have been a rare golden ball vacuum period in 25 years. But in this topic, the time standard we use is a single season, so with Modric winning the award in December, Real Madrid still has a Golden Globe Award from the 18th to 19th season. Behind it is Benzema. But that's nothing, because Modric has been in the team all the time. Until, summer 2025. After Modric left, Real Madrid did not have a Golden Ball Award, and this situation was exactly the same as in 2018. Originally, in theory, Mbappe or Bellingham could play the role of Modric back then and won the Golden Globes in September, continuing this golden age for Real Madrid. But, none of them can do it. Therefore, Dembele's golden ball made Real Madrid's golden age, which lasted for 25 years, break. Unless Real Madrid can get Dembele, Ronaldo, and Benzema in the winter window, but this kind of thing is just to think about in a dream, and the possibility of realization in reality is almost zero. So, from the 25th to 26th season, Real Madrid is almost certain that there is no Golden Globe Award in the team. Moreover, this may be the case in the 26-27 seasons, and even in the next few seasons. This may be a bad sign. Let’s see when Real Madrid will welcome the next Golden Globe Award.