Why Rodri Deserves the Ballon d'Or. Why Real's Arrogance Hurts Ancelotti
Posted: 29 Oct 2024, 10:39
The award to the European champion with City and Spain is the right recognition for the ideal all-rounder. The controversial absence for Vinicius's failure to win was a snub to King Charles, the best coach. For Gasp, Lautaro and Lookman the satisfaction of having entered the elite
Dr. Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante, simply Rodri, 28 years old, graduated in Management and Business Administration, has deservedly won the Golden Ball that the jury of France Football awarded him, rewarding the ideal all-rounder, the universal player, champion of Europe with City and Spain. The recognition breaks the litany of the Messi-Ronaldo duel, definitively closed in 2023 with the 8-5 of the Argentine over the Portuguese. Rodri is the humble champion that every coach would like to have in the middle of the field to dictate the tempo; from time to time to be a director, a midfielder, a holdover; to score goals that have gone down in the history of the Champions League as in the Istanbul final against Inter; to reveal himself as the last piece of the City puzzle, saying it with Guardiola; to take Luis de la Fuente's Spain by the hand and lift them to the roof of Europe. Rodri with Pep won 4 Premier Leagues, 2 League Cups, an FA Cup, two Community Shields, two European Super Cups, a Champions League, a Club World Cup; with Spain, a Nations League and a European Championship.
Rodri in Paris on crutches once again showed how great his passion for football is, to the point of also taking into account the rupture of his cruciate ligaments that will unfortunately deprive us of his football for the whole season. Lautaro seventh; Lookman fourteenth (but on December 16 in Marrakech he will have an excellent chance of winning the African Golden Ball and he would deserve it all); Calhanoglu twentieth; Hummels and Dovbyk twenty-ninth have had the satisfaction of entering the elite of France Football, as well as Gian Piero Gasperini in the running for the award for best coach won by Carlo Ancelotti, 5 Champions Leagues, 3 of which with Real. Who, however, by not showing up in Paris, has done him a bad disservice as he did to the club itself, proclaimed the best of the year as well as to Vinicius, Bellingham and Carvajal, who came in behind Rodri, not to mention the lack of respect towards the winner. Deserting the ceremony because Vinicius did not win the Ballon d'Or was an unforgivable gesture of anger, an act of arrogance, a disconcerting fall in style from Real Madrid, who, however, makes style their banner. Those who win celebrate, those who lose explain, admonishes Julio Velasco. There is no doubt that the deafening silence of Madrid explains how much Florentino Perez is burned by losing.
Dr. Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante, simply Rodri, 28 years old, graduated in Management and Business Administration, has deservedly won the Golden Ball that the jury of France Football awarded him, rewarding the ideal all-rounder, the universal player, champion of Europe with City and Spain. The recognition breaks the litany of the Messi-Ronaldo duel, definitively closed in 2023 with the 8-5 of the Argentine over the Portuguese. Rodri is the humble champion that every coach would like to have in the middle of the field to dictate the tempo; from time to time to be a director, a midfielder, a holdover; to score goals that have gone down in the history of the Champions League as in the Istanbul final against Inter; to reveal himself as the last piece of the City puzzle, saying it with Guardiola; to take Luis de la Fuente's Spain by the hand and lift them to the roof of Europe. Rodri with Pep won 4 Premier Leagues, 2 League Cups, an FA Cup, two Community Shields, two European Super Cups, a Champions League, a Club World Cup; with Spain, a Nations League and a European Championship.
Rodri in Paris on crutches once again showed how great his passion for football is, to the point of also taking into account the rupture of his cruciate ligaments that will unfortunately deprive us of his football for the whole season. Lautaro seventh; Lookman fourteenth (but on December 16 in Marrakech he will have an excellent chance of winning the African Golden Ball and he would deserve it all); Calhanoglu twentieth; Hummels and Dovbyk twenty-ninth have had the satisfaction of entering the elite of France Football, as well as Gian Piero Gasperini in the running for the award for best coach won by Carlo Ancelotti, 5 Champions Leagues, 3 of which with Real. Who, however, by not showing up in Paris, has done him a bad disservice as he did to the club itself, proclaimed the best of the year as well as to Vinicius, Bellingham and Carvajal, who came in behind Rodri, not to mention the lack of respect towards the winner. Deserting the ceremony because Vinicius did not win the Ballon d'Or was an unforgivable gesture of anger, an act of arrogance, a disconcerting fall in style from Real Madrid, who, however, makes style their banner. Those who win celebrate, those who lose explain, admonishes Julio Velasco. There is no doubt that the deafening silence of Madrid explains how much Florentino Perez is burned by losing.