{"id":632591,"date":"2025-09-26T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=632591"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:10:53","slug":"ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2025 Men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or Points Breakdown (1\u201310)<\/h2>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
Player<\/th>\n Club<\/th>\n Country<\/th>\n Voting Points<\/th>\n First-place Votes<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/td>\n Paris Saint-Germain<\/td>\n France<\/td>\n 1380<\/td>\n 73<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Lamine Yamal<\/td>\n Barcelona<\/td>\n Spain<\/td>\n 1059<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Vitinha<\/td>\n Paris Saint-Germain<\/td>\n Portugal<\/td>\n 703<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Mohamed Salah<\/td>\n Liverpool<\/td>\n Egypt<\/td>\n 657<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Raphinha<\/td>\n Barcelona<\/td>\n Brazil<\/td>\n 620<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Achraf Hakimi<\/td>\n Paris Saint-Germain<\/td>\n Morocco<\/td>\n 484<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/td>\n Real Madrid<\/td>\n France<\/td>\n 378<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Cole Palmer<\/td>\n Chelsea<\/td>\n England<\/td>\n 211<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/td>\n Paris Saint-Germain \/ Manchester City<\/td>\n Italy<\/td>\n 172<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Nuno Mendes<\/td>\n Paris Saint-Germain<\/td>\n Portugal<\/td>\n 171<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n<\/body>
\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2025 Men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or Points Breakdown (1\u201310) Player Club Country Voting Points First-place Votes Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 Paris Saint-Germain France 1380 73 Lamine Yamal Barcelona Spain 1059 11 Vitinha Paris Saint-Germain Portugal 703 6 Mohamed Salah Liverpool Egypt 657 4 Raphinha Barcelona Brazil 620 0 Achraf Hakimi Paris Saint-Germain Morocco 484 3 Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Real Madrid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":632593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[9885,4488,3932],"class_list":["post-632591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-ballon-dor-2025","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-ousmane-dembele"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBallon d’Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested? - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ballon d’Or 2025 voting points revealed. Was Lamine Yamal close to beating Ousmane Dembele? The official numbers show how the race unfolded.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ballon d’Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested? - The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ballon d’Or 2025 voting points revealed. Was Lamine Yamal close to beating Ousmane Dembele? The official numbers show how the race unfolded.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T23:10:53+01:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1763\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Moumita Dutta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Moumita Dutta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Moumita Dutta\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d37ae651493a7d6ce243f868d2d97829\"},\"headline\":\"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T22:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-26T22:10:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025\",\"Lamine Yamal\",\"Ousmane Dembele\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Soccer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\",\"name\":\"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested? - The Playoffs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T22:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-26T22:10:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 voting points revealed. Was Lamine Yamal close to beating Ousmane Dembele? The official numbers show how the race unfolded.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1763,\"caption\":\"Credits: IMAGO \/ Xinhua\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"description\":\"Share passion for sports & betting\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"width\":415,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Playoffs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d37ae651493a7d6ce243f868d2d97829\",\"name\":\"Moumita Dutta\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1896e2a649806d3b280ef7ab16fa7a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1896e2a649806d3b280ef7ab16fa7a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Moumita Dutta\"},\"description\":\"Football writer at The Playoffs. I\u2019ve been obsessed with the beautiful game since I was a kid.. Eventually, I realized I could combine my passion for writing with my love for football, and I\u2019ve never looked back. My favorite part of the job is everything\u2014when you\u2019re doing what you love, even a late-night deadline feels like extra time in a thrilling cup final. Lastly, Lionel Messi is the GOAT. \u00a0\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mou_leo_dutta\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/moumita\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ballon d’Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested? - The Playoffs","description":"Ballon d’Or 2025 voting points revealed. Was Lamine Yamal close to beating Ousmane Dembele? The official numbers show how the race unfolded.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ballon d’Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested? - The Playoffs","og_description":"Ballon d’Or 2025 voting points revealed. Was Lamine Yamal close to beating Ousmane Dembele? The official numbers show how the race unfolded.","og_url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/","og_site_name":"The Playoffs","article_modified_time":"2025-09-26T22:10:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1763,"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Moumita Dutta","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_site":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Moumita Dutta","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/"},"author":{"name":"Moumita Dutta","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d37ae651493a7d6ce243f868d2d97829"},"headline":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested?","datePublished":"2025-09-26T22:04:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-26T22:10:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/"},"wordCount":477,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Ballon d\u2019Or 2025","Lamine Yamal","Ousmane Dembele"],"articleSection":["Soccer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/","name":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested? - The Playoffs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-26T22:04:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-26T22:10:53+00:00","description":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 voting points revealed. Was Lamine Yamal close to beating Ousmane Dembele? The official numbers show how the race unfolded.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ballon-dOr-2025-Voting-Points-Revealed-Were-Ousmane-Dembele-and-Lamine-Yamal-Closely-Contested-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1763,"caption":"Credits: IMAGO \/ Xinhua"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ballon-dor-2025-voting-points-revealed-ousmane-dembele-lamine-yamal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ballon d\u2019Or 2025 Voting Points Revealed: Were Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal Closely Contested?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","name":"The Playoffs","description":"Share passion for sports & betting","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization","name":"The Playoffs","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","width":415,"height":280,"caption":"The Playoffs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d37ae651493a7d6ce243f868d2d97829","name":"Moumita Dutta","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1896e2a649806d3b280ef7ab16fa7a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1896e2a649806d3b280ef7ab16fa7a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Moumita Dutta"},"description":"Football writer at The Playoffs. I\u2019ve been obsessed with the beautiful game since I was a kid.. Eventually, I realized I could combine my passion for writing with my love for football, and I\u2019ve never looked back. My favorite part of the job is everything\u2014when you\u2019re doing what you love, even a late-night deadline feels like extra time in a thrilling cup final. Lastly, Lionel Messi is the GOAT. \u00a0","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mou_leo_dutta\/"],"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/moumita\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632595,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632591\/revisions\/632595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}