The Ballon d’Or ceremony took place last night and Rodri was crowned the winner of the main prize, while Mike Maignan was top five among goalkeepers.
There was a lot of uncertainty in the build-up to the awards about whether it would be Rodri of Manchester City or Vinicius Jr. of Real Madrid that ended up getting the Ballon d’Or.
The Brazilian seemed to be the big favourite, but then a few hours before the ceremony began it became apparent that the Spaniard had actually won it.
All of that drama aside, the Yachine Trophy award was given out to the best goalkeeper from the previous season, and World Cup hero Emiliano Martinez ended up scooping the prize.
European Championship winner Unai Simon came second, Champions League winner Andriy Lunin was third, Gianluigi Donnarumma was fourth and Mike Maignan came in fifth.
The way that he has started this season gives positive signs that Maignan can climb up the ranking for the 2025 edition, but of course a lot will depend on how Milan and France do as teams.
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina)
- Unai Simon (Athletic Club, Spain)
- Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Ukraine)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain, Italy)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan, France)
- Yann Sommer (Inter Milan, Switzerland)
- Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia, Georgia)
- Diogo Costa (FC Porto, Portugal)
- Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa)
- Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund, Switzerland)
👏 @mmseize comes 5th in the Yachine Trophy ranking at the #BallonDor pic.twitter.com/zd3mrV6kHU
— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) October 28, 2024
Mamardashvili > Dollarumma
Liverpool got themselves a very strong keeper.
LoL at the top four keepers.. not even top four in their league 🤣
Says a lot that Real boycotted the award… entitled children..
Linin?? Third??
These are horrible, who votes for this nonsense
Politics and corruptions. Nothing to do with who’s actually the best.
What does a renewal for a Top5 GK command? Good question for Furlani.