Spaniard deserving of Ballon d'Or after Euros win, says Rodri
Euro 2024 champions Spain deserve to have one of their players win the Ballon d'Or, player of the tournament Rodri said after Sunday's (Jul 14) 2-1 victory over England.
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Euro 2024 champions Spain deserve to have one of their players win the Ballon d'Or, player of the tournament Rodri said after Sunday's (Jul 14) 2-1 victory over England.
Gareth Southgate has transformed England's fortunes at major tournaments but once again fell just short as a painful 2-1 defeat in the final of Euro 2024 extended a 58-year wait for glory. Prior to Southgate's appointment eight years ago, the Three Lions had reached just three major tournament semi-finals and one final in their history, when they won the 1966 World Cup. In the last four tournaments, England have reached three semi-finals and two finals but were undone by familiar failings as Spain rounded off their sublime tournament with a fitting victory.
A superb Spain team led by Rodri and Lamine Yamal were fitting winners of Euro 2024 after lighting up an often disappointing tournament in which too many of the continent's star players failed to produce their best form. Kylian Mbappe, the world's best striker, had been hoping to prepare for joining Real Madrid by captaining France to glory but broke his nose and scored just once, from a penalty, as his team lost in the semi-finals. Jude Bellingham, who will play with Mbappe in Madrid next season, might have been the favourite to win the Ballon d'Or had he added the Euros with England to the Champions League with his club.
BERLIN : Words of joy were splashed across the front of Spanish newspapers on Monday after their country's Euro 2024 triumph, while heartbreak was the word of the day in English ones after fans' dreams were dashed once again.
Inggris takluk di tangan Spanyol di final Euro 2024. Jude Bellingham patah hati, menyebut kekalahan ini terasa begitu kejam.
BERLIN : If Marc Guehi's last-gasp header had hit the net maybe England would have gone on to become European champions on Sunday but instead Dani Olmo cleared off the line and it was Spain who took the glory and handed Gareth Southgate another agonising defeat.
Jude Bellingham took his frustrations out on a juice cooler immediately after England's heartbreaking Euro 2024 defeat - before pulling himself back together to show his true colours.
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