{"id":100592,"date":"2024-11-14T10:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T08:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T10:10:22","slug":"ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi didn\u2019t congratulate me \u2013 Rodri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, has said neither Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Karim Benzema, congratulated him following his Ballon d\u2019Or triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri also said that Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric, who is also a former winner of the gong, did not congratulate him.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri secured the 2024 Ballon d\u2019Or at the The\u0301a\u0302tre du Cha\u0302telet on October 28. He won the trophy ahead of Real Madrid attacker Vinicius Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Rodri claimed that none of the recent Ballon d\u2019Or winners came forward to congratulate him.<\/p>\n<p>The list included Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo \u2013 the two most decorated Ballon d\u2019Or winners of the generation.<\/p>\n<p>Messi and Ronaldo established an uncontested duopoly over the award during their primes, winning it 13 times between them.<\/p>\n<p>While Messi has eight Ballons d\u2019Or, Ronaldo has five.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Diario AS (via @MadridXtra on X), Rodri said, \u201cMessages from previous Ballon d\u2019Or winners? Let me check&#8230; There are none from Messi, Cristiano, Modric\u0301 or Benzema (laughs).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, has said neither Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Karim Benzema, congratulated him following his Ballon d\u2019Or triumph. Rodri also said that Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric, who is also a former winner of the gong, did not congratulate him. Rodri secured the 2024 Ballon d\u2019Or at the The\u0301a\u0302tre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-100592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ballon d\u2019Or: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi didn\u2019t congratulate me \u2013 Rodri - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, has said neither Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Karim Benzema, congratulated him ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ballon d\u2019Or: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi didn\u2019t congratulate me \u2013 Rodri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, has said neither Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Karim Benzema, congratulated him ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-14T08:02:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-14T10:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/11\/sm_1731566372.767362.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"646\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-didnt-congratulate-me-rodri\",\"name\":\"Ballon d\u2019Or: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi didn\u2019t congratulate me \u2013 Rodri - 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