Rodri’s throne

While Leo Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe They monopolize the spotlight of the grand prizes, the podium in that order of golden ball and still need to be defined in awards The Best already FIFIt will be delivered next January 15, Rodri Hernandez emerging as another king of the moment.

Messiunder the protection of his great World Cup in Qatar 2022, the stellar emergence of the ‘Viking’ Haaland and the brilliance of Mbappe They combined the wishes of voters around the world to rule this game of thrones in the world of football.

But apart from this cast of figures, another figure emerged that has not much prominence, although it is important to defend a good part of what has happened in recent months, to find an explanation for the dominance of City of Manchester and even in the revival of the Spanish team, Rodri Hernandez.

The Madrid footballer, former player of Villarreal and Atlético de Madridbecame the best interpreter of the score composed by Pep Guardiola, the perfect executor of his football model on the pitch. Within the constellation of ‘sky blues’ it shines in its own light. This is the axis through which the whole game goes. And in the Spanish team he is, without a doubt, the commander of the new project of Luis de la Fuente.

In Jeddah put the cherry on top of an indelible season, as City did, by being crowned against Fluminense as the new world champions, a title that adds to Premier, the Champions League, the Cup and the European Super Cup.

In the final of Champions of Istanbul scored the winning goal for the English team against the Inter Milan and was named best player. He was also selected as the best of the season in the top continental competition and included in the perfect team.

Days later, at Netherlands He led the Reds to victory in the Nations League. In Qatar, where he had to play as a central defender, he suffered the disappointment of an early exit against Morocco, but he took revenge by leading the Spanish team to the title against Croatia, which he won in the penalty shootout, where he scored his shot. He again took home the award for best in the final match and of the tournament.

After a wonderful triplet with city added to his record in August the European Super Cup in front of Seville and, at the end of the year, he added another notch to the Club World Cup by scoring in the semifinals against Urawa Reds Japanese and in the final Fluminense Brazilian, with the inevitable accompaniment of the award for the best player of the competition held in Jeddah.

After the golden ball received by Rodri, Your partners Kyle Walker was awarded the silver ball and the Colombian John Ariasof Fluminenseincluding copper.

This award is the absolute culmination of several months of dreaming, the award for the development from humility and modesty, for the continued work of a player who is on the verge of more achievements in which he could live permanently on Olympus, an event that, on the other hand, he never woke up from.