Lamine Yamal may have fallen short in the Champions League and Nations League, but that will only motivate the Barcelona and Spain star to get better.

Ronaldo, 40, is 23 years older than Yamal, 17, but Yamal's international résumé already stacks up well against one of the greatest strikers of all time. Here's an in-depth look at the two stars of the UEFA Nations League final:

A Nigerian football fan has reignited the Ronaldo vs Messi debate by using Yakubu's infamous 2010 World Cup miss to defend Cristiano Ronaldo’s tap-in goals.

The Nations League final wasn’t Lamine Yamal’s finest hour considering the ridiculous standards that he’d set himself over the course of the 2024/25 season. However, it’s not the time or the place to be overly critical of this soon to be 18-year-old who is redefining the footballing paradigm and, what’s more, doing it with ease.