Alexia Putellas, a midfielder for Barcelona and Spain, became the first person to win the Ballon d’Or Feminin twice on Monday.
After winning the Champions League with Barcelona in 2021, Putellas received recognition; this year, he made it back to the championship game.
This time, the Blaugrana lost to Lyon and came up short, although Putellas finished the season as the competition’s leading scorer and Player of the Season.
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After rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament on the championships’ eve, she was later unable to participate in the Women’s Euro 2022.
Putellas was once again awarded the best player in the world by France Football in Paris despite missing the competition while three of her four colleagues Ballon d’Or candidates competed.
Beth Mead, the driving force behind England’s Euros victory, came in second, but Putellas was the crowd favorite and delivered an impassioned speech in which she discussed a trying time in her career.
She said, “Thanks to France Football and the jury members. “On April 5, I fractured my knee, and I thought there was no way I could win the Ballon d’Or because I thought people would remember the recent European Championship.
“I would like to extend my sincere compliments to the English FA for the organization of the European Championship and the positive influence they are having on women’s football in that nation. They serve as an illustration of how they should act.
I hope we will run into each other again there the next time I have to talk, which I hope will be on the pitch once more.