Luka Modric wins the 2018 Golden Ball. Now it's official. The Croatian midfielder of Real Madrid has preceded former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and the French striker of Atletico Madrid, Antoine Griezmann, thus receiving the award at the headquarters of France Football from the hands of David Ginola. Modric interrupts the domination of the couple Messi-Ronaldo, who had monopolized the successes from 2008 to 2017. He is the first Croatian in history to win the coveted recognition and also the first player of the former Yugoslavia. davor Suker, exactly 20 years ago, stopped in second place behind Zinedine Zidane. "It's a unique emotion, I thank my classmates and all the people who work with me in Real Madrid and in Croatia, and then my wife, my family, who allow me to work with serenity. in a great club, now I also went beyond the dream, "Modric's statement. Then on the big screen comes the message of mom and dad, very excited. "You are my genius", says Father Stipe. "My sun", continues Mother Radojka. Luka, however, is not moved, remains cold, keeps the aplomb, with his golden ball tightly in his hands.
THE CLASSIFICATION - Here is the whole ranking from the first to the 29th place. 1. Modric 753 pt 2. Christian 476 3. Griezmann 414 4. Mbappé 347 5. Messi 280 6. Salah 188 7. Varane 121 8. Hazard 119 9. De Bruyne 29 10. Kane 25 11. Kanté 24 12. Neymar 19 13. Suarez 17 14. Courtois 12 15. Pogba 9 16. Aguero 7 17. Bale, Benzema 6 19.Firmino, Rakitic, Ramos 4 22. Cavani, Mané, Marcelo 3 25. Alisson, Mandzukic, Oblak 2 28. Godin 1 29. Isco, Lloris 0.
THAT SEASON - The 2018 of Modric was exciting. With Real Madrid he won the Champions League for the third year in a row, while with Croatia he reached the final of the World Cup, then yielding to France. On an individual basis, Modric has won, in addition to the Golden Ball, the 2018 World Ball, the Best Fifa men's player, the Uefa men's player of the year, the best game builder of the year 'Iffhs and the best midfielder at the Uefa Club Football Awards. He was included in the UEFA Champions League team for the third consecutive year, in the ideal eleventh Fifa Fifpro World XI for the fourth time in a row and in the All Star team of the World Championship.
THE OTHER PRIZES - For the first time the Kopa Trophy was awarded to the best Under 21 player in the world. The winner was Kylian Mbappé, a forward of PSG and France, a great protagonist in Russia 2018. "I am very excited, I thank my family, the PSG and the French national team for giving me the chance to show my talent. , the coaches all, now I just have to keep working better ", Mbappé's words on stage with Ginola. With him the c.t. Didier Deschamps: "It's a phenomenon of precociousness: everything goes very fast for him". For women, the new Golden Ball goes to Ada Hegerberg, striker of Lyon and the Norwegian national team.
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