East Monday, November 29 It was the day of the awarding of the Golden Ball to the best footballer in a calendar year, but also among the awards the one of the Kopa Trophy, an award that since 2018 has also been awarded by the French magazine France Football.
This recognition, delivered to best footballer under 21 in the world, called “Raymond Kopa Trophy” in honor of the first French player to lift the Ballon d’Or, it was in this edition of 2021 to Pedri gonzalez, FC Barcelona footballer who just turned 19.
The Canarian season has been dreamed of, being a starter both in his club and in the Spanish national team, and also becoming the first footballer to win the Golden Boy and the Kopa Trophy in the same year: in the latter, he left behind renowned rivals such as Jude Bellingham, Giovanni Reyna, Mason Greenwoood and Bukayo Saka, among others.
It should be remembered that the winner of the trophy came out of the votes made exclusively for players who have ever won the Ballon d’Or and that are still alive: Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Michel Platini, Ronaldinho, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo are some of them.
In this way, Pedri becomes the third winner of the Kopa, taking into account that in 2018 the winner was the French Kylian Mbappé after imposing with a large margin of difference to the North American Christian pulisic and the dutch Justin Kluivert, and that in 2019 the defender was crowned Matthijs de Light after taking very little advantage of Jadon Sancho and Joao Félix. On 2020 the magazine did not deliver the trophy due to the COVID pandemic.
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