{"id":241457,"date":"2024-10-29T14:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/why-rodri-deserved-to-win-the-ballon-dor-over-vinicius-jr\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:57:22","slug":"why-rodri-deserved-to-win-the-ballon-dor-over-vinicius-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/why-rodri-deserved-to-win-the-ballon-dor-over-vinicius-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rodri deserved to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or over Vinicius Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Renowned sports journalist Dan Kwaku Yeboah has stated that Manchester City midfielder Rodri\u2019s brilliant performances for his team have deservedly earned him the 2024 Ballon d&#8217;Or award.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Rodri won several titles, including the English Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup, and UEFA EURO 2024, which makes him an obvious favorite for the award.<\/p>\n<p>The Peace FM sports journalist argued that while Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr won the UEFA Champions League, Super Cup, and Spanish La Liga, Rodri\u2019s national team laurels put him ahead of the Brazilian for the Ballon d&#8217;Or award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Rodri, he had national team laurels in addition to club achievements, but Vinicius has only club-side honors, so he [Vinicius] not winning is not surprising. It\u2019s right,\u201d Kwaku Yeboah said while speaking on Peace FM.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri is the first midfielder to win the prize since 2018, when Luka Modric was honored.<\/p>\n<p>He is the first Premier League player to win the award since 2008, when Cristiano Ronaldo was triumphant while playing for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri is currently injured and has been ruled out for the remainder of the season due to an ACL injury. <\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"blZPuNolqk4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Just 4 Laughs with Dan Kwaku Yeboah and Kwami Sefa Kayi on Kokrokoo Tuesday: Akua Donkor D3ath\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blZPuNolqk4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the latest episode of Sports Check with renowned boxing trainer Don Charles<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"U8IzXijyyUo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Up and close with renowned boxing trainer Don Charles | Sports Check\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U8IzXijyyUo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>SB\/EK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned sports journalist Dan Kwaku Yeboah has stated that Manchester City midfielder Rodri\u2019s brilliant performances for his team have deservedly earned him the 2024 Ballon d&#8217;Or award. He explained that Rodri won several titles, including the English Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup, and UEFA EURO 2024, which makes him an obvious favorite for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Rodri deserved to win the Ballon d&#039;Or over Vinicius Jr - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/29\/why-rodri-deserved-to-win-the-ballon-dor-over-vinicius-jr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Rodri deserved to win the Ballon d&#039;Or over Vinicius Jr - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Renowned sports journalist Dan Kwaku Yeboah has stated that Manchester City midfielder Rodri\u2019s brilliant performances for his team have deservedly earned him the 2024 Ballon d&#8217;Or award. 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