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Yamal vs Mbappé, a mega-duel that could happen four times in 41 days

  /  Tonyleung

The biggest stars of Barça and Real Madrid face a thrilling end to the season, both at club and national team level.

Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé , the two great stars of Barça and Real Madrid , respectively, are going to face a very exciting end of the season with the objective of winning titles with their respective teams and national teams, and also seeking the most coveted individual award: the Ballon d'Or .

This season, for now, Lamine (17 years old) has already won the Spanish Super Cup against the Whites in Saudi Arabia (2-5), an incontestable thrashing by Hansi Flick 's team that came just as they debuted in 2025. The young Barça star scored a goal, as did Mbappé .

As for the current La Liga , which is experiencing a moment of maximum excitement in terms of the lead, with only 10 rounds left until the end of the championship, Lamine also made a grand entrance in the Real Madrid-Barça match played on October 26th, which ended with a 0-4 victory for the Catalans and another goal from the Barça number 19. A duel in which Mbappé was left without a goal and was constantly offside.

In addition to these two Clásicos already played this season between Lamine and the 26-year-old French star, there's the possibility of four more super-arm-wrestling matches between the two in no fewer than four competitions, just 41 days apart. A real joy for the world of football and a huge challenge for Lamine and Mbappé.

The first of the series could come if Barça and Real Madrid qualify for the final on April 26 at the Cartuja stadium in Seville . To do so, the Merengues will have to capitalize on their 1-0 first-leg victory against Real Sociedad at the Bernabéu (Tuesday, April 1, 9:30 p.m.) and the Blaugrana will have to overturn their 4-4 defeat to Atlético de Madrid at Montjuïc (Wednesday, April 2, 9:30 p.m.). 

Next up is Barça-Real Madrid , the 35th La Liga matchday , which will be played on May 10 or 11 and could ultimately decide the champion. Both teams currently share first place, although Flick 's team has a game in hand, which they will play this Thursday (9:00 PM) against Osasuna at Montjuïc.

At the end of the month, on Saturday, May 31st, Barcelona and Real Madrid could face each other for the first time in their history in a Champions League final , this year held at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Before that, both teams must win their next two ties to make it a Clásico that would bring the world of football to a standstill. Hansi Flick 's team will face Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals next April, while Carlos Ancelotti 's side will face Arsenal .

On Thursday, June 5, just five days after the Champions League final, a stellar Nations League semi-final will be played between  Luis de la Fuente's Spain , the current champions of the competition, and France , once again on German soil (Stuttgart). 

It is worth remembering that in the semi-finals of the Euro 2024 in Germany , Lamine , aged just 16 years and 362 days, scored a deadly left-footed shot in Munich against Mbappé and company, which ended up being chosen by UEFA 's technical observers as the Goal of the Tournament , in a match that ended with a 2-1 victory for a Spanish team that was proclaimed champion after beating England in the final .