On the night of the Ballon d’Or, Real’s German star Toni Kroos tweeted: “Third best team in the 21/22 season – happy Real Madrid?”
It was mockery of an election that no one understood. A result that seemed almost ridiculous. Manchester City was named the best club at the Ballon d’Or. In front of Liverpool FC. Only then did Real Madrid, the Champions League winner, Supercup winner and Spanish champion, follow.
“France Football”, which has been awarding the trophies for years, did not necessarily make itself more credible through the election – after there had been a lot of (justified) criticism of Lionel Messi’s award as the best player of the year in front of Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski last year . For Lewandowski, the award “Scorer of the Year” was included in the program at short notice…
Real Madrid tweeted the two big, amazed eyes emoji along with a photo of their triumph over Man City in the semifinals. Ex-goalkeeper Iker Casillas wrote ironically: “What a joke premium. Congratulations to Real for third place.”
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AS journalist Tomas Roncero speculated on the reasons for the curious choice: “It’s a lack of respect for the best club in Europe and the world. It’s an attack on (Real President) Florentino Pérez. It’s an attack on the team behind the Super League. They should keep handing out prizes to the losers because the winners take the trophies to the Bernabéu.”
Real star Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or for men, ahead of Bayern’s Sadio Mané and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne. “It was a childhood dream of mine. I grew up with this in my head. It motivated me because I had role models in my life like Zizou and Ronaldo,” said Benzema. Fittingly, he also received the trophy from Zinedine Zidane’s hands.
On the choice of Man City as “Club of the Year”, he later said: “For me, Real Madrid is always the best club in the world, then you can give the trophy to whoever you want…”
Sadio Mané also received the Socrates Award for his social commitment at home. Lewandowski, this time in fourth place behind Kevin De Bruyne, was also honored. As in the previous year, the Pole, who now plays for FC Barcelona, received the Gerd Müller Trophy for the best scorer.
In the women’s category, Alexia Putellas from Spain received the Golden Ball again. The exceptional footballer is currently on a break due to a cruciate ligament tear that she sustained shortly before the European Championships in the summer. The two German internationals Lena Oberdorf and Alexandra Popp took fourth and sixth place.
