On the 3rd of December 2018, History was made as Croatia and Real |Madrid’s Midfielder, Luka Modric has beaten the caliber of Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezman to be Named the winner of this year Ballon d’or.His winning on Monday has put an end to the long term stranglehold on the award by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he broke the duopoly of the award between the two Superstars since 2007 with Messi winning it four times in a row and Ronaldo winning it in 2008,2013,2014,2016 and 2017.
Modric’s earlier winning of the FIFA best men’s player of the year has notably transfigure the football world from the regular Messi-Ronaldo dominance, so some people thinks that this year Modrics’s all round winning symbolizes that a new era has come for good and hardworking players to start winning the award, Players like;
Antoine Griezman
Kylian Mbappe,
Mohammed Salah
Neymar jr
Eden Hazard
Kevin De Bruyne
Harry Kane
And other good players to start winning the trophy
So with Luka Modric’s record breaking winning, Do you think an end has come to Messi-Ronaldo duopoly permanently and other players can start claiming the trophy or the end is just temporal,for this year only.
Please drop your opinions, Thanks.
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