Madrid (AFP)
The Golden Ball "is one of the most beautiful days of his life," said Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane, who won the trophy in 1998, before moving to Alavés for the 15th. Liga day, Saturday (1 pm).
"To talk about it with him (Luka Modric) is one of the happiest days of his life ... and to have won, I confirm," said Zidane about the Golden Ball, whose ceremony Annual will be held Monday at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
"It's good to have this trophy, it's something that is well done, and it's the French who organized it, so it's good, it was a fantastic idea, because everyone gives interest to this, "enthused" Zizou "in a press conference on Friday.
"To have won, I know that all the players, when they do beautiful things, say that they can win ... especially playing Real Madrid, as Luka Modric (winner last year, edn) ", added the Real Madrid technician.
Asked about his favorite for the trophy this year, "ZZ" preferred not to say: "I can not quote you in particular". "The best players are with me, I say it all the time, and I'll say it again, it's true, it's the biggest club in the world, all the greatest players in the world have been here" , he added.
Wednesday's UEFA Champions League win against Dortmund (3-1), FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, seems to have taken a few steps ahead of his main rivals Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool), Sadio Mané (Liverpool), or his eternal rival exiled in Italy, Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), to seize his 6th Ballon d'Or.
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