{"id":158151,"date":"2026-02-10T17:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=158151"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:55:30","slug":"whos-better-at-18-yamal-or-mbappe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=158151","title":{"rendered":"WHO&#8217;S BETTER At 18: Yamal or Mbapp\u00e9?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T2AHsf1iORE?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Join JayDee Dyer &#038; Nico Cantor for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don\u2019t Lie from Sofascore. On this episode, we are taking a look at two of the brightest stars dominating the game in La Liga, Barcelona&#8217;s Lamine Yamal &#038; Real Madrid&#8217;s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, pitting their stats pre-21 years old head-to-head to determine which of the two has the bigger impact.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Who is the BETTER PRODIGY<br \/>\n0:32 The case for Lamine Yamal<br \/>\n1:08 The case for Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<br \/>\n1:46 Stats at 18 years old<br \/>\n2:2 Stats as teenagers<br \/>\n3:22 Teenagers in the top 5 leagues<br \/>\n4:28 Lamine Yamal in the UCL<br \/>\n5:06 Yamal&#8217;s top 5 teammates<br \/>\n5:44 Mbapp\u00e9 in the UCL (2017)<br \/>\n6:21 Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s top 5 teammates<br \/>\n7:19 Yamal&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or candidacy<br \/>\n10:47 Goal contributions by age 21<br \/>\n13:29 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n14:30 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#lamineyamal #kylianmbappe #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #cbssports #soccer #football #barcelona #barca #realmadrid #madrid<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T2AHsf1iORE\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join JayDee Dyer &#038; Nico Cantor for a brand new way of consuming the beautiful game with Numbers Don\u2019t Lie from Sofascore. On this episode, we are taking a look&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":158152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}