Luka Modric wins the Ballon d’Or: Real Madrid star ends decade of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominance
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Modric is the first player since Kaka in 2007 to win the Ballon d'Or other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo
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Luka Modric has been crowned as this year’s Ballon d’Or winner, France Football confirmed at the award ceremony in Paris on Monday night.
The Real Madrid midfielder is the first Croatian
winner of the individual prize and caps a fine year in which he helped
his club win a third consecutive Champions League title and also led his
nation to the World Cup final in Russia.
Modric, who is 33, also claimed Fifa’s The Best award in September and ends a decade of dominance by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d’Or.
Between the two of them, the Portuguese and the Argentine had won
all of the previous 10 Ballons d’Or, with five apiece in that time
since Kaka won the trophy in 2007.
However, both will have to wait for the chance to add a sixth
Golden Ball to their respective collections after a jury of journalists
from different nations picked Modric as the winner of this year’s award.
Modric with the Fifa Best award in September 2018Photo: Dan Istitene/Getty Images
The Croatian midfielder is expected to present the trophy to the
Santiago Bernabeu next week, either ahead of the Champions League clash
against CSKA Moscow on Wednesday or in the La Liga game at home to Rayo
Vallecano the following Saturday.
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