Earlier this week, 2024 Ballon d’Or winner Rodri Hernandez responded to the controversy surrounding his successful quest for the iconic award.
In particular, there was condemnation in Spain, with many in the country feeling that Vinicius Junior should have been the winner.
Rodri described the reaction as “strange”, and his international teammate Dani Olmo also feels the same way. According to MD, he believes Spanish football as a whole should celebrate its first Ballon d’Or since Luis Suarez in 1960.
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“The year he had or the years he had in the past, with the icing on the cake of the European Championship, for which he was chosen as best player, he deserved it. Seeing Rodri celebrate this moment with his family was very nice. What he said expressed what many of us feel: this is a Ballon d’Or for Spanish football. There were two beasts of world football who won everything, and it was Spanish football that won. »
There is no doubt that Rodri deserved the Ballon d’Or, and the same would have been true for Vinicius had he succeeded. It is also true that Spanish football should rejoice at this success.
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