After four very difficult months due to his injury, Alexia Putellas (28 years old) smiles again on stage at the Chatelet Theater in Paris. It is not for less. In his second Ballon d’Or, applauded before the top brass of world football, succumbed to a legend of this sport. And it is that only eight footballers have won the Ballon d’Or twice in a row: Cruyff, Keegan, Rummenigge, Platini, Van Basten, Messi, Cristiano and now too, Alexia PutellasFC Barcelona footballer, native of Mollet del Vallès, who also lost yesterday Luis Suarez Miramontesthe only Spanish winner of golden ball (1960). “Luis Suarez He wrote to congratulate me when I won the first one. He told me something that I recorded: that this Ballon d’Or is not your goal, but your means. I took it as inspiration to try to improve myself”, revealed Alexia already with the prize in her arms.
The Catalan midfielder was accompanied by his unconditional supporters, his mother, his sister and his aunt, who were at the last gala, in addition to his teammates in FC Barcelona Fridolina Rolfo, Oshoala and Lucy Bronze, were nominated for the same award as Aitana Bonmanti, who did not attend the event as she preferred to stay in training in Barcelona ahead of tomorrow’s match against Benfica. And at the head of the culé expedition, the president did not miss the historical appointment Joan Laportavice-president Rafa Yuste, vice-president Elena Fort and women’s football manager Xavier Puig, in addition to the coach Jonathan Giraldez.
Elegant and without crutches or lameness, after four months of recovery, Alexia was radiant from the first moment. And on stage, an impeccable speech that left no one behind. Even a clear message who should be the reflection of the world in women’s football: the English federation, European champion, with an impeccable organization of the European Championship and with a league that is on the way to being the best in the world, if it is not yet.
A message read between the lines and remotely controlled in Las Rozas. Although later she did not want to comment on the critical situation that the absolute women’s team was experiencing. “It’s a very sad issue and I think we need to talk about it. But today is not the day.”
Now he’s focused on a comeback, though no deadlines have been set. “It depends on my knee. I can’t help but return to a level that didn’t exist before”, she stated ambitiously.
Source: La Verdad
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