FC Barcelona returned to Spotify Camp Nou after 43 matches and 8 official away games across La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, and Champions League, against Real Oviedo for matchday 21 of the Spanish First Division. Before the match, Lamine Yamal took the opportunity to present the award for best player of the month of December in La Liga to the Barça fans.
The '10', in 4 games, scored a couple of goals against Betis (3-5) and Villarreal (0-2), also being the MVP of the victory against Osasuna (2-0). The 18-year-old winger has scored 7 goals in the tournament and maintains the lead in assists (8), an area he also dominated last season with 13 goal passesDespite missing 4 league matchdays due to discomfort stemming from the pubalgia that affected him since early September, **Lamine has participated in 15 goals in his first 16 appearances** in the tournament (1,352 minutes), 15 of them as a starter
Second consecutive award for best player of the month for Lamine
In November, Yamal also won the award for the best footballer of the month in LaLiga, after scoring 3 goals and providing 3 assists in 4 matchdays. The player from Mataró is the second footballer to retain the award in 25/26, emulating what Kylian Mbappé did.
The Real Madrid goalscorer won the award in September and October, while **Nicolás Pépé** (Villarreal) took home the prize in the first month of competition (August). In January, Mbappé, with 3 goals in a couple of matches, is once again emerging as a possible player of the month in the tournament
Frenkie de Jong offered the Spanish Super Cup to the Camp Nou stands
On the eve of the match against Oviedo, Frenkie de Jong, as Barça captain, also took the opportunity to present the 2026 Spanish Super Cup trophy to the Spotify Camp Nou fans, which was won a couple of weeks ago against Real Madrid in Arabia (3-2)
The Blaugrana team extended their lead as the tournament's top winner (16 titles) and became the first team to retain the trophy since it has been contested in the current 'final four' format, including semifinals and a single-match final on neutral ground.