SURPRISE! City is chosen as the best club of the year

The Manchester City was protagonist of the greater surprise of the gala of the Balloon of Gold. In the ceremony organised by France Football and celebrated in the Theatre of the Châtelet of Paris, France, the institution 'skyblue' was awarded with the prize to the Best Club of the Year. Of this way, the mancunianos turn into the second winning entity of said recognition after Chelsea, those who went the last in receiving the prize.

The directed by Pep Guardiola consecrated like the champions of the past season of the Premier League. A campaign that, besides, was extremely contested to the end and that achieved to the aventajar by the minimum to the Liverpool in the table of positions. By his part, the way of the celestial in the Champions League arrived until the semifinals, where were deleted by the Real Madrid, those who traced back of way epic the marker.

Like this then , the group citizen was represented by several members of his rows, those who went up to the stage to collect the prize. Ederson And Of Bruyne were the delegates of the sportive part, whereas Txiki Begiristain (director of football) and Ferran Soriano (executive director) gave the face by the directors of the institution.

Of Bruyne was the first in taking the word like captain of the team. The Belgian ensured that "I carry a lot of years playing in the City and can say that it loves me the philosophy to amuse and entertain that have. We try to win, but with an attractive game, interesting, that the boys that want to play like us. We are proud of our form to play". In the meantime, Ederson showed his win to win the Champions when manifesting that "it is necessary to follow working a lot, yes. Ojalá Was this year".

The paper of Guardiola

By his part, Txiki Begiristain wanted to remember to Pep Guardiola in his speech, recognising that "it is somebody key in this project. It lives in constant evolution and always goes out you with something new. And it is good person, when we lose exerts of leader and when we win, shares the victory with all". Finally, Soriano sustained that "all in the City, of president to owner, are very appreciated by this prize. It is fruit of our work".

The controversy

What usually would be a recognition that would happen unobserved, the controversy did not do more than growing when revealing the place of the Real Madrid in the votes. The merengues remained behind the City and the Liverpool, what generated a big restlessness in the world of the football. In spite of being the winners of the League of Champions and of the local championship, the whites occupied the third place of the podium, by what the controversy is 'served'.