London. Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, declared at a press conference on Tuesday that the Ballon d’Or was awarded to his player. Rodri settled a debt, by collecting “what Spanish football deserved after a long wait.”
“What can I say? First of all, congratulate him, his family and close friends. It’s incredible news for him and for all of us,” declared the coach. citizen about the 28-year-old player.
“At Manchester City we are proud of him. Hopefully (the Ballon d’Or) can give him energy to recover well for next season,” Guardiola added about the serious knee injury that has left him Rodri off the rest of this course.
“I think that Spanish football, in the last decade, did something incredible with several coaches, incredible players in the past. It won a World Cup, a Euro Cup and never has a Spanish player been able to win this award,” said the former FC coach. Barcelona.
“The influence of Spanish football in the last ten or fifteen years has been very important, not only winning titles, but the way in which they played,” he continued, during the press conference prior to a League Cup duel against the Tottenham on Wednesday.
Guardiola recalled the 2010 edition, in which three youth players from Barça, the team he coached at the time, occupied the first three places in the award.
“Xavi “(Hernández) and (Andrés) Iniesta couldn’t win because there was a monster, and (Lionel) Messi no one could win it, only Cristiano Ronaldo,” the Catalan recalled.
“Maybe at that moment Xavi and Iniesta also deserved it. I think that Rodri “Yesterday he received what Spanish football deserved after a long wait,” he concluded.
Guardiola was also asked about his opinion of Real Madrid’s boycott of the ceremony, after discovering that his player Vinicius would not be the winner.
“It depends on them. If they want to congratulate, that’s fine. If they don’t want to, too,” he said, avoiding increasing the controversy and assessing that it is not up to Manchester City to “judge what other clubs decide to do.”
Midfield maestro Rodri claimed his first Ballon d’Or after leading Spain to glory at UEFA Euro 2024 and lifting the Premier League trophy with Manchester City. Via Graphic News
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