The 2023 Ballon d'Or gala is already underway. Many surprises have been experienced there, one of them was the presence of the majority of athletes such as Mbappe, Messi, Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Dibu Martinez, Lautaro Martinez and many more. Among the first winners were Real Madrid players, Jude Bellingham and Vinicius, who won the Kopa Trophy and the Socrates Trophy respectively. However, one of the most curious moments was during the goalkeeper of the year award.
Dibu Martinez was the big winner of the award for best goalkeeper of the 2022/23 season, due to his great performance in the 2022 World Cup. The Aston Villa goalkeeper received the award among some boos, taking into account that the ceremony is carried out in Paris. On the other hand, the reactions of some French people like Mbappe and Deschamps were surprising, upon seeing the goalkeeper responsible for them losing the final in Qatar.
El Dibu, who received the trophy from his father and was booed by part of the audience, thanked his teammates for the award: “It's a surprise to have it here, it makes you want to cry. Without my teammates, the coaching staff and Aston Villa this would not have been possible. For me, the important thing is to win as a group.” During that moment in which he was asked about the Qatar 2022 final, Dibu Martínez was booed by the audience present at the gala, which forced Didier Drogba, one of the presenters of the event, to ask for respect for him. Argentine goalkeeper.
What did Dibu Martinez say about Messi's Ballon d'Or?
“I don't know what I can talk about after winning seven, winning eight. It is a pride to have him as an Argentine; that he is the only one to have eight; I think that no one, a hundred years from now, I don't think that anyone will achieve what he achieved, and to win eight Ballon d'Ors we must give him a lot of merit," Dibu Martínez savored on the red carpet, prior to the ceremony at the theater. of the Châtelet.
