The Golden Ball It has never ceased to be a controversial award every season. Regardless of who wins it, there is always a reason why the event organized by France Football is being talked about in a negative light. And this time the main protagonist was Thibaut Courtois.
The Belgian was by far the best goalkeeper in the world and one of the two key players in the real Madrid 2021/22, which was crowned champion of LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League. There is no merengue team winning the Orejona this season without talking about their interventions.
Thibaut Courtois, the main loser at the Ballon d’Or gala
Thibaut Courtois was Real Madrid’s most decisive player in the UEFA Champions League, even above Karim Benzema because he was decisive throughout the knockout phase with up to 60 saves around the corner.
It is normal that he did not win the trophy because France Football has always been unfair with the figure of the goalkeepers, but it is unheard of that he is not in the top3 of the award and stayed in seventh position. It’s a shame how little his impressive performance is appreciated, with him possibly being the best goalkeeper (ON ONE EDITION) in the history of the competition. There is no more decisive goalkeeper in a season than him.
Despite winning the Yashin Trophy, Courtois deserved to be among the three best players of the season for everything he did and his seventh position is just one more demonstration that the Ballon d’Or has inconsistent criteria, in addition to the fact that a figure is not valued as important as the goalkeeper.
