2023-12-04 23:54:00
Bellingham’s season is so perfect that the only thing Ancelotti can reproach him for since he arrived at Real Madrid is that he doesn’t speak better Spanish. «He is young, serious and very professional. He works, he understands very well with his colleagues. The only thing he has to improve is his Spanish. I have told him many times, but no one is perfect,” the Real Madrid coach joked after the victory against Granada. The Englishman echoed his coach’s joke in the interview he gave to the newspaper “Tuttosport” just before receiving the “Golden Boy” award for the best player under 21 years of age in 2023. “I know that I am disappointing Ancelotti in one aspect. I just don’t speak Spanish yet… I’m sorry, but I’m encountering unexpected obstacles with this language. It’s hard for me, I admit. In any case, I promise the maximum commitment, I guarantee it,” Jude said in his conversation with this Italian newspaper that every year highlights the best promise in world football. In the case of the Real Madrid player, the promise is a reality and that is why he himself admits that this award should be just the beginning of what awaits him ahead.
He already has one more goal (15) than the 14 he scored last year with Borussia Dortmund, in what was his best season in terms of offensive numbers. «I am putting all my effort and a fierce commitment to improve with work, but the credit goes to Ancelotti, who found the perfect position for me and gave me more freedom on the field. “So now I fly,” acknowledged Bellingham, who has multiplied his performance closer to the area, in that place that the Real Madrid coach was clear should be for him.
The former Dortmund player succeeds two Barcelona players, Pedri and Gavi, and becomes the first footballer to receive the award as a Real Madrid player. Bellingham has swept the votes of the 50 specialized journalists who participate and 45 of them chose the Madrid player in first place. He has added 485 points out of a maximum of 500, a percentage that only Mbappé reached in 2017 and that Messi in 2005, Pogba in 2013 and Haaland in 2020 came close to. He is the third Englishman to win it after Rooney and Sterling and in the This year’s podium is accompanied by Jamal Musiala, from Bayern Munich (285 points) and Lamine Yamal, from Barcelona (92). Alejandro Balde, also from Barcelona, finished seventh with 44 points.
Linda Caicedo, “Golden Girl”
Real Madrid monopolized the two important awards, because the “Golden Girl” of 2023 is Linda Caicedo, the Colombian winger who plays under Toril on the white women’s team. The soccer player is recovering from an injury and collected the award in her place from Emilio Butragueño. “Tuttosport” also chooses the best footballers of the year over 21 years of age, who were Haaland in the men’s version and Aitana Bonmatí in the women’s version. Cesc Fábregas, recently retired and already working as a coach, was recognized for his entire career.
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