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Marcelo Says Cristiano Ronaldo Deserves to Win the 2025 Ballon d’Or
Real Madrid icon Marcelo has made his pick for the 2025 Ballon d’Or, and he didn’t hesitate to name his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. After featuring in a 3-3 charity match between Real Madrid legends and Borussia Dortmund legends on Saturday, Marcelo was asked who he believes deserves the prestigious award. His answer was short and clear: Cristiano Ronaldo.
The friendly saw former stars like Julio Baptista, Toni Kroos, and Raul find the back of the net for Madrid. But off the pitch, the talk turned to football’s biggest individual prize. Ronaldo, now plying his trade in Saudi Arabia, finished last season as the top scorer in the league with 25 goals. He also led Portugal to the final of the Nations League, where they are set to take on Spain.
Despite his achievements, Ronaldo isn’t considered a frontrunner for this year’s Ballon d’Or. Marcelo knows this but made his opinion known anyway. Current favourites for the award include Barcelona’s rising star Lamine Yamal, PSG winger Ousmane Dembele, Real Madrid’s new signing Kylian Mbappe, and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Interestingly, Ronaldo himself recently said the Ballon d’Or should go to someone from the Champions League-winning team, adding another layer to the ongoing debate.
Former Chelsea player Didier Drogba shares a tribute to Galatasaray player Victor Osimhen’s mother.
During a recent interview, the player stated to Osimhen while sharing a tribute to his mother,
“Told you, you have an army of Lions with you, Victor Osimhen. Condolences and stay strong.”
It can be noted that Osimhen shared in an interview that he lost his mum at a young age and has just been growing up with his dad.
After this interview, many shared tributes to his mum and shared support to the player that he is doing well.
Bayer Leverkusen manager, Kasper Hjulmand, reveals the team to be the best in Europe right now.
Ahead of the team match this Wednesday evening, the manager was speaking in an interview where he later stated that Arsenal is the best team right now.
“Arsenal are perhaps the best team in Europe at the moment. They finished first in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League and won all their games, scored the most goals and conceded the fewest.”
He then speaks on what he expected from the team match against Arsenal “Arsenal are the clear favourites. But we’ve already shown this season against many big teams like Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig that we can beat them. And as we all know, anything is possible in football.”
The president of the DR Congo Football Federation, Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas, has reportedly been arrested over charges of financial offences made.
It was reported that the president was given life imprisonment. The arrest went with an 8-month investigation of the corruption allegations made against him.
Some of the charges included money laundering, embezzlement, forgery, and the use of falsified documents.
Fans and observers of this news speak out on how this arrest and allegation may bring a bad reputation for the country’s sports organisation.
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