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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.
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?"
