OFFICIAL: Luka Modric wins the Balloon of Gold 2018 and Leo Messi remains out of the podium

It was a secret to voices, but now already is official. Luka Modric Has conquered the Balloon of Gold 2018 and, with this, has fulfilled with all the quinielas of the media and also with the logic of the prizes futbolísticos, after having won previously the FIFA The Best 2018. In that occasion accompanied him in the Christian podium Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah, but in the Balloon of Gold has been Antoine Griezmann the third qualifier, to the detriment of the Egyptian player of the Liverpool, that has remained sixth by behind Mbappé and Leo Messi.

Modric, in any case, has achieved to carry the first Balloon of Gold of his career futbolística like recognition to his big past season -to level of titles- and also to a sportive path plagada of successes. The scales began to decant in favour of Luka Modric just after the World-wide of Russia 2018, in which Croatia remained second falling in the final in front of France.

It carried the award to the best footballer of the World-wide 2018, and from here was monopolised all the individual prizes, what is a clear track of face to the granting of the Balloon of Gold, the last big prize that concedes along the year. In August was appointed better player of Europe by the UEFA, and in October won the The Best that delivers the FIFA.

The Balloon of Gold is the guinda to a triplete of luxury, with which takes the relief of Cristiano Ronaldo in Paris. And it has done it accompanied of Florentino Pérez, Sergio Bouquets, Raúl and Roberto Carlos. A prize with which Modric puts end to a decade of hegemony between Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Five Balloons of Gold carried each one this last decade, ininterrumpidamente.

Kaká, in fact, had been the last player that won the prize, in 2007, before Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi began with his fight body to body. Now, 11 years afterwards, Luka Modric has been the attendant to break the registers, in a decision of 'France Football' that definitely has generated a big controversial, but that sustains in the titles.

The titles and the prizes back to Modric

And it is that, in addition to the individual prizes that already has won Modric, and of the subcampeonato in the World-wide of Russia 2018, the Croatian midfield player heaved this last campaign with the Champions League 2018-19, the third consecutive with the Real Madrid. From here that, when winning the most important title to level of clubs and remain second in the most important to level of selections... The journalists decanted to his favour.

Luka Modric Already can boast, to his 33 years, to having conquered the Balloon of Gold 2018. A prize that, by the way, do not have Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta, other midfield players illustrate of the modern football, and possibly two of the best 'jugones' of the history, with more titles in his list of winners that the Croat of the Real Madrid. The football is unfair for some, and here is the proof.

?? Luka Modric is the first Croatian player who wins the Ballon d'Or! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/9i99hjuuyf

— #ballondor (@francefootball) 3 December 2018