Who can ignite the spark after Messi? Watching Yamal play football, I feel like I have traveled through time...

Is football dead quietly? It is not literally, but the soul being withdrawn. When I looked at those cold tactical boards, those running data that were accurate to the nanometers, those training that cut players into unified models... I asked myself, is this the incredible game I was chasing back then?

It is faster, more "smart" and full of efficiency. But it's like watching a top-level machine run, you know it's powerful, it's flawless, but it... has no heartbeat. There isn't the kind of out-of-control aesthetic that makes adrenaline soar and not knowing what will happen in the next second.

Look at the most successful teams now? I'm not targeting anyone (smile), but some of the ways of playing are too much like precision-made industrial products. Player? It's more like a link on the efficient assembly line. Individual edges? Sorry, for the sake of the overall system, it must be smoothed and sacrificed. Is this the choice of the times? Or is it driven by money? [Question]

Think about the past, Baggio's melancholy eyes, Ronaldinho's street samba-like changes... They are not "perfect", they have "looplets". But it is these imperfections that make them artists and the reason why children dream of wearing his jersey. What are their mistakes? Who cares! Their inspiration flashed, and magic came. ✨

, even Messi, who was deified by countless people, sometimes seemed to have difficulty relying solely on his own in Barcelona's last days. The data is still at the alien level, but the overall "dilution" effect of football on individual geniuses is becoming more and more obvious. This made me feel that the era where the whole audience could be ignited by "I" was completely over?

Until Lamin Yamal appeared. A 17-year-old boy.

When I watched him take the ball, start, pass by... Time seems to have its own rhythm under his feet. Not the fixed shot, but improvised jazz. You can feel that, well, “wild”, untamed, imaginative spark. That feeling has been missing for too long.

He is not playing data football, he is playing emotional football. It is the kind of "magic moment" that allows you to sit in front of the screen, lean forward unconsciously, for fear of missing any moment. You don’t need to read any data analysis or understand complex tactics. You just need to watch him play football and you know that this kid is different.

So, when people start talking about the Golden Globes, those goals, assists, and titles, the first name that pops up in my mind is Yamal. Why? Because "best" is not just about data accumulation, but also whether you can still ignite people's hearts in this increasingly homogeneous and colder football world, and whether you can still bring the most primitive, pure happiness and surprises.

He is only 17 years old! He has broken countless "youngest" records. His performance and his influence have made the Golden Globe Award, which is increasingly focusing on "Worker of the Year" rather than "The Most Magician of the Year", seem to have regained a little of the glory it should have.

By him and Messi? It used to sound like a joke. Now? He made this comparison, for the first time, less ridiculous. This is the biggest compliment to his performance this season.

Of course, reason tells me that the risks are huge. Can a 17-year-old body withstand the impact of high intensity? Will fame and pressure change him? The road ahead is still long, he still needs to grow and protect. But the impact he brought was phenomenal.

In this era when "robot football" is trying to devour everything, Yamal is like a teenager with ancient spells, fighting boredom and homogeneity with his unique steps and extraordinary. Don't ask about the future, live in the present. Enjoy every touch of his ball. This season, he deserves the Golden Globe Award because it means that the soul of football has not been completely extinguished. ⚽️ What do you think? Leave your opinion in the comment section!