Lamine Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, has accused the Spanish judge for this year’s Ballon d’Or of being a Kylian Mbappé “fanboy” and questioned why he didn’t vote for one of his compatriots, such as the Barcelona forward.

Yamal finished third at last week’s ceremony in London, trailing Real Madrid’s Mbappé and the Bayern Munich winner Harry Kane . The most prestigious individual accolade in soccer has been a clear goal for the teenager for years. Before finishing second at last year’s event, Yamal famously revealed: “I told my friends, I don’t dream about winning a Ballon d’Or, I dream about winning many.”

Yet, for a second season in succession, the teenage sensation was left to look up at the top spot from a lower step on the podium.

The Ballon d’Or judging can be a fickle process. The winner is decided by a panel of 100 journalists from the top 100 ranked FIFA nations at the time of consideration.…