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The mystery is over: They reveal the key to the success of N'Golo Kanté

By Alexis Almosnino

N'Golo Kanté is, without a doubt, one of the figures of the moment. Recently champion of the UEFA Champions League, his name sounds strong to stay with the Ballon d'Or. Will he be able to win it?

N'Golo Kanté is, without a doubt, one of the figures of the moment. Recently champion of the UEFA Champions League, his name sounds strong to stay with the Ballon d'Or. Will he be able to win it?

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N'Golo Kanté continues to score points to win an individual award to which many aspire. After having been the best blue in the semifinals of the maximum continental competition against Real Madrid with nine duels won, six dribbles and seven recoveries, he was proclaimed European champion with Chelsea and was named MVP of the final. not monotonous that the big prizes end up taking them the forwards.

Many people may think that, with the end of the hegemony of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi just around the corner, players like Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappé will be the ones to pick up a witness more than quoted, but, that, to their Once, it relegates to the background players who are getting more than enough merits to win awards such as the Ballon d'Or, which will reappear on the scene in 2021 after the 2020 edition did not reveal a winner due to the COVID health crisis -19.

When it comes to betting on one or the other, the culminations of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League always turn out to be key, but, this year, all the focuses of attention will be limited, prolegomena aside, to the Eurocup. In it, many players have already raised their voices, but one name stands out, silently, over so much candidacy: that of N'Golo Kanté.

Since he took his first steps in the Union Sportive de Boulogne, his career has done nothing else other than going from less to more. The Paris midfielder, international with France, has arrived at this European Championship with the confidence meter at the top. Just when many considered him 'disappeared', he has re-entered the scene.

To all his brilliant performances, we must add the words of many of those who support his great evolution. Among them, we must highlight those of Eric Di Meco, a former French international, and those of Grégory Dupont, head of the physical preparation of Real Madrid with Zinedine Zidane at the head of the bench.

The former did nothing but praise him at RMC Sport, where he was considered "one of the players who are no longer usual in the world of football." For his part, Grégory Dupont applauded his great transformation. "I have not seen in my entire career a player like him. In the Champions League, when we played against Chelsea, he surprised me. I knew he was very good at recovering, but he has surprised me because he has taken a leap. He has done us a lot. damage in rhythm changes", he confessed.

"In high intensity races, he is the one who performs the most. He is capable of repeating his efforts and recovers like no one else, either in the course of the same game or between two. He has innate conditions, but his way of life also counts. He takes good care of his diet and hydration and, in addition, he sleeps a lot ", commented the physical trainer praising his qualities and his daily routine, in which, what is most surprising is that he never goes to bed later than 23:30.


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