{"id":1999,"date":"2026-06-08T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:26:18","slug":"playstation-karim-benzema-barcelona-spain-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-reveals-why-he-wears-a-bandage-on-his-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1999","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation &#038; Karim Benzema: Barcelona &#038; Spain wonderkid Lamine Yamal reveals why he wears a bandage on his hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"B\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span>Despite his meteoric rise, Yamal showed immense maturity when discussing his second-place finish in the 2025 Ballon d&#8217;Or. While many felt the youngster deserved the top prize, he admitted that losing out to former Barcelona teammate Ousmane Dembele was actually a blessing in disguise for his personal development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;To be honest, I really thought I was going to win it that day because of everything going on,&#8221; Yamal confessed. &#8220;It was actually a great thing for me that Dembele won. Aside from helping me grow, I personally believe it wasn&#8217;t my time to win. I was still a kid and wouldn&#8217;t have truly appreciated what winning a Ballon d&#8217;Or means.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added that he remains on great terms with the Frenchman, stating: &#8220;I get along great with Dembele&#8230; I&#8217;ve talked to him, hung out with him, and spent a lot of time with him. I spoke to him just the other day, and he asked how I was doing&#8230; He genuinely helped me grow as a person and helped me get back on my feet because I wasn&#8217;t in a good place. I believe I&#8217;ve matured a lot since then and changed many things in my life. I was really happy for Ousmane. We were together at the Dubai awards; you can see we get along really well, and we talk from time to time. We&#8217;ll see if this is my year.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite his meteoric rise, Yamal showed immense maturity when discussing his second-place finish in the 2025 Ballon d&#8217;Or. While many&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}