“I want to thank God because, with these values, with this perseverance, in the end He gives you back,” said Rodri Hernández Cascante, player for the Spanish national soccer team and Manchester City in England, upon receiving the 2024 Ballon d’Or. an award that many believed the Brazilian Vinicius Jr. would win.
“This is a nice message for children, thank you,” responded the presenter of the gala at the Châtelet theater in Paris, the French capital.
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Rodri’s speech upon winning the Ballon d’Or
Rodri Hernández, who does not have tattoos nor usually wears expensive clothes, also thanked his girlfriend Laura, with whom on the day of the award ceremony he celebrated eight years of relationship: “Without you this path would not have been the same.”
The Spaniard thanked his family “for all the values they have given me, for what they represent for me, for what they have helped me from the beginning, not to get confused, to follow the correct steps to be what I am: a man , a person who plays football for love.”
Rodri then thanked his Manchester City teammates, “for me the best football club in the world,” and the Spanish team, as well as Luis de la Fuente, the Spanish coach – who often speaks publicly about his Catholic faith as one of the pillars of his life – “for trusting me for so long.”
Rodri Hernández also talked about the time when, shortly after starting professional soccer, he called his father crying, thinking that “everything was over” and how he encouraged him to continue working hard, something he did.
“This speaks a little about how a normal boy with values, who studies, who tries to do things well, who does not focus so much on stereotypes outside of football, can reach the highest and good level, proud to be named the best.” world player. Thank you all very much.”
Rodri also thanked God after winning the Euro Cup
Rodri Hernández also thanked God, after Spain beat England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final.
“In the end, in life, in sport, when you do things well and have faith until the end, God repays you and I always thank him like that, an incredible day for everyone,” said Rodri then, who sent a He kissed the sky when he mentioned God.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I have been a husband since 2008. My wife and I have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before he was born. Since I joined ACI Prensa in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Cologne, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and of Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the Family synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Synodality, in 2023. I closely follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers persecution from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as current ecclesiastical events in the region.