Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva said this Thursday that he would not trade a Champions League title for winning the Ballon d’Or. After winning the triple crown with the English team in the 2022/23 season, the Portuguese athlete finished eighth on the FIFA list of the best players in the world and ninth in the dispute for the Ballon d’Or.
“Winning the Champions League is much better than winning the Ballon d’Or. I wouldn’t change it. No chance,” he said in an interview with Sky Sports.
The player comes from four consecutive Premier League titles. In total, he won the competition six times. Furthermore, he also lifted the Champions League and FA Cup cups in the 2022/23 season, winning three titles in the same year for the first time in the European country this century.
In the last ten years, the award was only given to one athlete who was not a striker: Luka Modric, in 2018. Bernardo Silva analyzed and criticized this trend.
“In my opinion, I give these awards due importance. Because, at the end of the day, we are playing a team sport. Nowadays, individual awards always go to the strikers because they provide that finishing touch.”
“Forwards don’t win titles alone. The base comes from defense. If we defend well, we attack better. When I look at the individual awards and see that only those who score goals win the awards, I feel that this doesn’t represent our sport well,” he said. .
Now, the midfielder is preparing to compete in the European Championship for the Portuguese team. The competition will be held between June 14th and July 14th, in Germany.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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