Lothar Matthäus: "For me, Rodri deserves the Ballon d'Or more than Vinícius"

Lothar Matthäus in an interview for Bild stated: "For me, Rodri deserves the Ballon d'Or more than Vinicius. He was the thinker and leader of the Eurocup champion Spain and also won the Premier with Manchester City. He is the most outstanding player of the year "My podium is Rodri, Bellingham and Vinícius," revealed the former Germany player.

It must be taken into account that Matthäus directs his favoritism to Rodri because he plays in the same position that Lothar occupied in his time as a player. That's why even the German puts Bellingham before the Brazilian player. The matter also involves a media impact against Vinicius Junior as a result of his constant complaints about the racism suffered in recent months.

Now, during the season, Vinicius scored 26 goals, gave 12 assists and won 4 titles. This is one of the main reasons why Vinicius is the main candidate to win the Ballon d'Or. There is one thing that is true, to a large extent this award is given for the number of goals that the players score, with few exceptions such as Fabio Cannavaro in 2006 who won the award, however, to a large extent it was for the remembered Zinedine Zidane's header at Materazzi, everyone said that if it weren't for that, the ball would go to the Frenchman.

Rodri himself stated that people say that it is not fair if he wins the Ballon d'Or, and took the opportunity to make reference to Xavi and Iniesta: "There are many people who say that if Rodri is going to win, how, for example, can he not Have Iniesta or Xavi won it? In part I agree because they have marked an era, they are among the best in history," Rodri confessed to ESPN FC.

Rodri is clear that he has enough to win the Ballon d'Or, because he is not in the era of two football monsters like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Even though Vinicius Junior is a true star, he still doesn't come even close to what CR7 and Messi did at that time. The truth is that according to some media in Europe, Vinicius has already been notified that he will win the Ballon d'Or.

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