Alexia, in the 'Olympus' of football with Johan Cruyff and Leo Messi

Four months after his injury in the left knee, Alexia Putellas went back to have reasons to smile with his second Balloon of Gold. The star of the FC Barcelona appeared in the Theatre Chatelet of Paris without crutches to make history like the first footballer in revalidating the maximum award that awards 'France Football', something that up to now only had attained seven players in the history, between them two of the maximum referents culés, Johan Cruyff and Leo Messi.

Ranked at the 1st place for the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or @alexiaputellas - @FCBfemeni #ballondor pic.twitter.com/lhplzetf5n

— Ballon d'Or #ballondor (@francefootball) October 17, 2022

The Dutch won the prize in three opportunities, two of them consecutive, (1971, 1973 and 74'), whereas the Argentinian is the historical winning maximum with six, four of them of successive form (of 2009 to 2012, in addition to the editions of 2015 and 2021). The others that attained to revalidate the prize were the English Kevin Keegan (1977 and 78'), the German Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1981 and 82'), the French Michel Platini (1983, 84' and 85'), the Dutch Frame go Suffice (1988 and 89') and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (2008, 2013, 14', 16'and 17').

After receiving the prize, Alexia remembered a very special anecdote. "Luis Suárez wrote me to congratulate me when I won the first. It said me something that recorded me: that this Balloon of Gold was not your put, but your exit. I took it like inspiration to try surpass me", commented the player of 28 years. Besides, the mediocentro culé ensured that, after lesionarse, thought in that it would not be possible to revalidate the award.

"When I broke me the knee thought that this did not go to be possible because it went to prevail the most recent", expressed Putellas. The mediocentro of the Barça imposed to the English Beth Piss, of the Arsenal, and the Australian of Chelsea, Sam Kerr in the vote. Now, the aim of the star blaugrana will be to take action after breaking the ligament crossed of the left knee, an injury that him marginó of the last Eurocopa feminine.

Laporta 'Takes out breast' by Alexia

🗣️ @JoanLaportaFCB On @alexiaputellas: ❝Tea capacitat of lideratge i d'thrill❞ pic.twitter.com/yyzvotbn6y

— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) October 17, 2022

On the historical attainment of Alexia, the president Joan Laporta took advantage of to recognise the enormous talent of the Spanish player. "Has a capacity of leadership and to thrill and show his pride to be of the Barça, that like president appreciate him a lot of. And in his speech has showed the greatness of our club, of a person like her that from small stood out playing to the football. It is his second Balloon of Gold and is very important for her, for the family that also was very thrilled and for all those that were thrilled by her and by the Barça", puntualizó the mandator.