🔥 Dembele praised, Gigio criticised: Ballon d'Or reactions 📱 | OneFootball

Ousmane Dembele has been elected the 2025 Ballon d'Or. The star of Paris Saint-Germain, reigning European champion, won against the competition of Lamine Yamal and teammate Vitinha.

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This award is the crowning achievement of a season, the last one, in which the French forward scored 35 goals and made 13 assists in 56 matches and was the absolute protagonist of PSG's treble.

Let's take a look at the social reactions to the awarding of the world's most prestigious individual trophy.

🧨 Paris in celebration

The city of Paris, the stage for the Ballon d'Or award ceremony, erupted at the announcement of the winner.

Dembele's victory, idol of the PSG fans, was celebrated with a fireworks display.

👏 Mbappe's compliments

Kylian Mbappe, former PSG star and friend of Dembele, made sure to congratulate his national teammate.

"It's exciting, my brother. You deserve it 1000%", wrote the Real Madrid forward in an Instagram story.

🫂 All together passionately

Lamine Yamal came very close to winning the Ballon d'Or at just 18 years old.

However, his participation in this year's ceremony will likely be remembered more for the twenty family members who accompanied him to Paris than for lifting – for the second consecutive year – the Raymond Kopa award as the best young player.

👀 Did the strongest win?

Fabrizio Biasin, like many others, asked the usual question that surrounds every Ballon d'Or award ceremony.

Should the strongest player overall win, or the one who played the best in the previous season?

🧤 The best (Italian) goalkeeper

Gianluigi Donnarumma won the Lev Yashin award as the best goalkeeper of the past season and finished ninth in the overall ranking.

It had been since the days of the namesake Buffon, the current head of the Italian national delegation, that a goalkeeper hadn't been in the top 10. Hence Buffon's happiness, who gave Donnarumma an affectionate slap.

🇮🇹 The best player in Serie A

Scott McTominay's career took an extraordinary turn since his move to Italy.

The 18th place in the Ballon d'Or ranking might seem insignificant, but it is the best position for a player from the Italian league.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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