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Pep Guardiola can be happy since one of his protégés, namely Rodri Hernandez, won the 2024 Ballon d’Or this Monday. The Manchester City coach, who did not fail to congratulate him at a press conference, took the opportunity to have words about the two players who left their mark on the award, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
He did not fail to say which of the two was the best in his eyes without too many surprises: “Cristiano Ronaldo was a monster, and the father of the monster is Lionel Messi. And both of them have done something incredible over the last 15, 20 years. And maybe at that moment, Xavi and Iniesta deserved the Ballon d’Or too…»
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