A ranar Litinin, 28 ga Oktoba, 2024, Rodrigo ‘Rodri‘ Hernandez, dan wasan kwallon kafa na Spain da Manchester City, ya ciqe lambar yabo ta Ballon d'Or a shekarar 2024. Wannan ita ce lambar yabo ta kasa da kasa da aka yiwa suna don mafi kyawun dan wasan kwallon kafa a duniya.
Rodri, wanda yake da shekaru 28, ya lashe yabo a karo na farko bayan ya taka rawar gani mai mahimmanci a nasarar Manchester City a gasar Premier League da gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen nasarar Spain a gasar Euro 2024. Ya gaje Lionel Messi, tauraron Argentina wanda ya ci yabo takwas a baya.
Wakati tsohon mai lashe Ballon d’Or George Weah ya sanar da sunan Rodri, dan wasan ya rufe fuska a cikin bakin ciki. “Kuwa dai mafi kyawun daren na,” in ji Rodri, wanda ya halarta taron ne a kan kaya saboda rauni ya ACL wanda zai kawar da shi daga wasa duk shekarar.
Rodri ya ce nasararsa ba ta zama nasarar kai kadai ba, amma nasara ce ga kwallon kafa ta Spain da rawar da ‘yan tsakiya ke takawa a wasan. “Yau ba nasara ce ga ni, amma nasara ce ga kwallon kafa ta Spain, ga manyan ‘yan wasa da ba su taÉ“a lashe yabo ba amma sun cancanta, kamar Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, Iker Casillas, Sergio Busquets, da dai sauransu.”
A cikin sauran abubuwan da aka fara a taron, Aitana Bonmatà daga Barcelona ta ciqe lambar yabo ta Ballon d’Or na mata a karo na biyu, bayan ta jagoranci kulob din ta zuwa nasarar gasar La Liga, Copa de la Reina, da Champions League.