Proper order.
Lyon and Norway striker Ada Hegerberg won the first ever female Balon d’Or award on Monday night. The 23-year-old was on fire for Lyon all the way through the season, scoring a goal in their champions League final win and she rounded off her year of years by being crowned the player of the year at the award ceremony in Paris.
It was announced last year that there would be an award for the best female footballer of the year and there were few arguments when the Norwegian took home the award for the first time in its history.
There was some controversy to follow, however.
Upon her arrival to the stage, French DJ Martin Solveig – who was for some reason involved in the presentation – asked her does she know how to twerk.
‘Est-ce que tu sais twerker?’
She responded with a swift no and won many admirers because of it.
You can watch the clip here.
https://twitter.com/FutbolLouiss/status/1069696086477025280
As for the men’s awards, for the first time since 2008, neither Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo lifted the crown. Instead, World Cup finalist and Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric was honoured.
Messi, he was a long way back in fifth place on the table of players.
Here’s the list of the top 15.
1. Luka Modric
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. Antoine Griezmann
4. Kylian Mbappe
5. Lionel Messi
6. Mohamed Salah
7. Raphael Varane
8. Eden Hazard
9. Kevin De Bruyne
10. Harry Kane
11. N’Golo Kante
12. Neymar
13. Luis Suarez
14. Thibaut Courtois
15. Paul Pogba
