Pep Guardiola took advantage of the preview of the match against Tottenham, in the round of 16 of the League Cup, to “congratulate Rodri and all his family, loved ones and friends” for winning the Ballon d’Or. The Manchester City coach also He commented on the absence of Real Madrid at the gala held in Paris and the merits of Vinícius, finally second, to win the prestigious France Football award.
“It may be that Vinícius should have won, but that’s what happened. It is journalists, not a group of elite people, who decide what to do. It is something that happens all over the world, it is not a vote of a single country. There are different opinions all over the world. That’s why football is beautiful and everyone talks,” explained the one from Santpedor.
If Madrid doesn’t want to go, they don’t go and if they don’t want to congratulate, they don’t congratulate. Alright
The Catalan added that the trophy would have been “more than deserved” for Vinícius, and recalled that last season, with Messi as the winner, “Haaland also deserved it and he didn’t win.” “He was there, he was happy, and he congratulated Leo. If you vote, you have to accept the result. It’s simple. Sometimes you like it, sometimes you don’t, but it doesn’t matter. Tomorrow is another game, another season, try again!” he said of the Norwegian.
Vinicius.
Guardiola had “nothing to say” about the anger of Real Madrid, who canceled the trip to Paris when they learned that Vinícius did not win. “If they don’t want to go, they don’t go and if they don’t want to congratulate, they don’t congratulate. Alright. Manchester City is not here to judge what other clubs decide. Last season Haaland won the treble, scored more than 50 goals, and I told him ‘just to be in the Ballon d’Or you have to be very happy,'” he said.
“Cristiano was a monster and Messi was the father of that monster.”
Finally, he referred to the great dominators of the Ballon d’Or in previous years. “Haaland deserved it. And Messi should have won last year? Yes. In the end, that’s not important. What matters is that you represent something in world football. (…) Cristiano was a monster and Messi was the father of that monster. And they’ve both done something incredible in the last 15 or 20 years. And perhaps at the time, Xavi and Iniesta also deserved the Ballon d’Or. Rodri received what Spanish football deserved on a global level,” he concluded.
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