Not that he won: he devastated.There were no surprises in the delivery of the female gold ball, but history was made in Spanish sport.We have to wait more than 50 years for someone born in our country to collect the award that accredits the best soccer player of the season.The last, in 1960, was a legend, Luis Suárez.Yesterday was a woman, Alexia Putellas.Things finally seem to change.
Since 2018, the magazine 'France Football' also rewards women, recognizing the strength and importance of women's football.Yesterday was Alexia Putellas, with more than 100 points ahead of his FC Barcelona, Jennifer Hermos.
His speech was one of the most exciting moments we could see last night in the awards ceremony, held at Parisino Théatre du Chatlet.Putellas wanted to share the Golden Ball with his current companions and said: "It is an individual prize, but it is certainly a collective success.I hope you feel that way, because I feel so ".The FC Barcelona in which she militates and of which she is Captain won last season the League, the Cup of the Queen and the Champions.
But Alexia Putellas excited everyone present at the end of his speech, when he mentioned his late father, key to instilling his love for the king sport: "Above all, I dedicate it to someone who has been and is very special for me.For whom I do everything.I hope you are very proud of your daughter.Wherever you are, this is for you, dad ".His mother and sister looked at her excitedly, who accompanied him for such an important date.
Alexia Putellas went stunningly to the appoint.It is a long dress made in sequins in degraded from black to red, long siren cut, halter neck and opening in neckline and back, with xl shoulder pads that highlight their silhouette.He accompanied him with jewels of Rabat.
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Speaking to the newspaper 'El Mundo', Xavi Llorens, head of the Catalan Women's Team and the return of Alexia to FC Barcelona, has assured that "a couple of seasonsespecially in some foreign name.The evolution of nationals has been incredible and the personality they have, also.That a Barça player is taken and as culé as Alexia is excellent, but it is clear that any Spanish player can take it in the coming years ".
As for the male soccer ball, the winner was Leo Messi, now a player of Paris Saint Germain, who already accumulates seven awards.The Argentine took 33 points to Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), and 153 to Jorginho (Chelsea).At the end of the event, the female winner, Putellas, shared a photo on her Instagram profile in which he appears happy and excited grabbing the Golden Ball inside a limousine:
Who is Alexia Putellas?
Alexia Putellas was born in Mollet del Vallés (Barcelona) on February 4, 1994 and its beginning in football was in the male team of its town, with seven years, but did not finish fitting.Her parents, Jaume and Elisabet, helped her to look for a female one and thus her career began in Sabadell, where she remained four seasons.
After that time, he became part of the farmhouse.She was a great follower of the Club Culé and, from the lower categories, defended the Blaugrana shirt while learning from her idols: Saviola, Riquelme, Ronaldinho, Eto’o and Messi, with which she has casually shared Golden Ball.
At age 12, the Mandamases del Espanyol, then an authority of women's football, signed it and with 16 years debuted in the first team.His talent caught the attention of other clubs.As they define it in the newspaper 'Sport', "Young, talent and with a left -handed left", his worth ended up spending for a year to Levante.There it stood out with 15 goals in 34 games and Barça, which was restructuring its women's section, called her back.
Eric AlonsoGetty ImagesHowever, the return to the city of Condal ended up becoming a hard memory for Putellas because his father, Jaume, who had instilled in him his love for football and had been his great support in his career, died suddenly.It was 2012, he did not amilan and at 18 he became one of the most important faces of female Barça that would make history of our sport.Five years later I was already the team's captain.
Statistics support their recognition as the best female footballer of the moment.Since he returned to Barcelona, he has played 364 games and scored a total of 157 goals (118 in League, 12 in Champions, 16 in the Queen's Cup, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup and 8 in the Catalunya Cup).
We only had Luis Suarez's Golden Ball in 1960.Has made double history: for the time elapsed and for being a woman, the first.In a country where women's football was anecdotal until recently.Bravo, Alexia!
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