29 October 2024 Controversy sparked over the exclusion of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo from the "Top Scorer of the Year" award known as the "Gerd Muller Award", which is awarded on the sidelines of the Ballon d'Or ceremony, despite his topping the season's top scorers list. The Portuguese tops the list of top scorers for the 2023-2024 season with 57 goals, 44 with Al-Nasr and 13 with the Portuguese national team, outperforming Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe (52) goals. But, "France Football" magazine awarded the top scorer award for 2024, the "Gerd Muller Award", on the sidelines of its ceremony held yesterday evening, Monday, in the French capital "Paris", in favor of French Kylian Mbappe, the former star of Paris Saint-Germain and current Real Madrid, along with English Harry Kane, the striker for Bayern Munich.
The Spanish star Lamine Yamal, FC Barcelona player, was exposed to an embarrassing situation during the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony, in which he won the Kopa Trophy for the best young player in the world. The Dutch football legend Ruud Gullit at once went to Yamal to help him and answer some questions on his behalf, where he praised his level last season and the Euro, and talked about how shy he was. Lamine Yamal was also crowned the best young player in the last Euro Championship. Yamal scored 7 goals and made 9 assists in 50 official matches with Barcelona, in various competitions last season, and he also scored a goal and provided 4 assists to his teammates in the Spanish national team, in the European Nations Cup "Euro 2024".
An unexpected blunder made by those in charge of distributing the Ballon d'Or award. France Football magazine announced during a ceremony held yesterday evening, Monday, in Paris, the crowning of Manchester City and Spain national team star Rodri with the Ballon d'Or/Golden Ball Award for the best football player in the world for the year 2024. Spanish media highlighted the Ballon d'Or calculation error, which was published by the Spanish TV programme "Chiringuito" with the comment: "They will give him (Rodri) the Ballon d'Or, and they do not know who he is?"
Thanks to the partnership with "UEFA", two new awards have been added to the 2024 Golden Ball program, namely the Coach of the Year and the Coach of the Year. The Spanish radio "Cadena Cope" reported that Real Madrid is certain that "UEFA" is behind depriving its player Vinicius of winning the Golden Ball this year. Real Madrid officials believe that UEFA's intervention came "for reasons unrelated to football". Real Madrid entered into a legal dispute with UEFA over the Super League project, which didn’t
The statistics from the first half underscore the one-sided nature of the game during this period. Toulouse enjoyed a 57% ball possession, showcasing their ability to control the pace and flow of the match. Montpellier Formation - 4-1-4-1 Toulouse Formation - 3-4-3 This match serves as a reminder of the importance of tactical flexibility and depth in squad quality Toulouse, with this win, has managed to collect 9 points from 9 matches, placing them in the 14th position. They have scored 10 goals and conceded 11, indicating a close margin in their performance metrics. Their goal difference stands at a about -21, having scored 8 and conceded 29 goals The top of the table presents a stark contrast to the struggles of Montpellier and Toulouse.
